Essays and podcasts (and more podcasts), here we go

First, some big news: And the Trees Stare Back is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! This means it’s going out in a special curated box for librarians building their collections (and the JLG claims they have a sixth sense for award-winners, so we shall see).

If you haven’t already pre-ordered and you’re interested, you can read more about the book and pre-order here.

Next up: in case you missed them on the fast-deteriorating social media sites we once relied on for minute-by-minute updates, here are some essays and podcast appearances I’ve made lately.

If you’ve been wondering more about the real history behind We Are the Beasts, want to hear me joking with my fav anarchist podcast hostess, or have been thinking about crime fiction’s dead girl problem, these are for you:

Crime Fiction Has a Dead Girl Problem

Read my thoughts on Hollywood and fiction’s long-time dead girl problem and how I see small, hopeful changes.

Spirits podcast, episode 424: The Beast of Gevaudan

Listen to me tell the fabulous hosts of Spirits Podcast about the history (and legends!) behind the Beast of Gevaudan.

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff: Bella Ciao and the Migrant Laboring Women Who Gave Us an Anthem

Listen to Margaret Killjoy tell me a story about the revolutionary history of the song Bella Ciao! + part two