Episode 120: Clap When You Land (New Reads November)
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It’s week two of New Reads November 2020 and Alli and her guest are turning to Elizabeth Acevedo’s Clap When You Land (which just so happens to have been the most-requested title for New Reads November!). You don’t want to miss the conversation about this novel in verse, which addresses matters of identity, race, family, sexuality, feminism, and the patriarchy… not to mention the fact that it’s beautiful writing from start to finish!
Kara Lee Corthron is an author, playwright, and TV writer based in Los Angeles. Her latest novel Daughters of Jubilation is now available. Follow her on Instagram (@kara.corthron) and Twitter (@KaraLeeCorthron).
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CHECK OUT KARA’S BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
I’m Thinking of Ending Things: A Novel by Iain Reid
The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom
MORE READING:
“Tragedy Reveals 2 Secret Families in Clap When You Land” (NPR, 2020)
“Clap When You Land” (Kirkus, 2020)
“Clap When You Land” (Latino Book Review, 2020)
“Elizabeth Acevedo — Clap When You Land — Review” (Englewood Review of Books, 2020)
“Elizabeth Acevedo, Author of Clap When You Land, Is the YA Author I Needed as a Teen” (Oprah Magazine, 2020)
“Caught Between Worlds? For Elizabeth Acevedo, It’s a Familiar Feeling” (The New York Times, 2020)
“Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo” (Smart Bitches Trashy Books, 2020)
“Review: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo” (The Nerd Daily, 2020)
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