Podcast appearances and mentions of jessica cluess

In today's episode, we offer you five different contests you can compete in. Which one would you choose, and who will reign supreme? Books mentioned in this episode: The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky, Blazewrath Games by Amparo Ortiz, Hide by Kiersten White, House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess, and The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keepitfictional/message

One would not expect an online community devoted to discussion of dragons, vampires, and teenage heroes to be a cesspool of almost unimaginable toxicity. And yet! In this episode, Jesse walks Katie through a recent history of young adult fiction Twitter, aka "YA Twitter," and attempts to explain how it got to be such a Hobbesian hellscape. The latest scandal involves Jessica Cluess, a YA author falsely accused of racism and violent speech, and the opportunistic authors, consultants, and agents rushing to denounce her in as colorful and overwrought a manner as possible. Show notes/Links: Please pre-order Jesse's book, "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills," if you can: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374239800?aff=macmillan (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374239800?aff=macmillan) Or on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ (https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/) Vulture: The Toxic Drama on YA Twitter - https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-toxic-drama-of-ya-twitter.html (https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-toxic-drama-of-ya-twitter.html) Tablet: How a Twitter Mob Derailed an Immigrant Female Author’s Budding Career - https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-a-twitter-mob-destroyed-a-young-immigrant-female-authors-budding-career (https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-a-twitter-mob-destroyed-a-young-immigrant-female-authors-budding-career) Reason: Teen Fiction Twitter Is Eating Its Young - https://reason.com/2019/05/05/teen-fiction-twitter-is-eating-its-young/ (https://reason.com/2019/05/05/teen-fiction-twitter-is-eating-its-young/) Reason: He Was Part of a Twitter Mob That Attacked Young Adult Novelists. Then It Turned on Him. Now His Book Is Canceled. - https://reason.com/2019/02/28/he-was-part-of-a-twitter-mob-that-attack/ (https://reason.com/2019/02/28/he-was-part-of-a-twitter-mob-that-attack/) Reason: A Review of a Book That Will Never Be Published, Thanks to the Young Adult Twitter Mob - https://reason.com/2019/03/15/a-review-of-a-book-will-never-be-publish/ (https://reason.com/2019/03/15/a-review-of-a-book-will-never-be-publish/) Twitter stuff: Jessica Cluess' apology: https://twitter.com/JessCluess/status/1333906316247457794 (https://twitter.com/JessCluess/status/1333906316247457794) Brooks Sherman denouncing Cluess but not dropping her: https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1333967020258373632 (https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1333967020258373632) Brooks Sherman denouncing Cluess, amplifying a false rumor about her, and dropping her: https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1334685571449556994 (https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1334685571449556994) Some tweetstorms by Jesse running down some highlights of the craziness: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334156650467520513 (https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334156650467520513) https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334356668273070081 (https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334356668273070081) https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334642155437101058 (https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334642155437101058) YA Twitter's Victims and Critics Speak Up (four-part series on Singal-Minded): https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak) https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-855 (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-855) https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-4b5 (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-4b5) https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-c56 (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-c56) Advertisers: dental products! - https://www.getquip.com/barpod (https://www.getquip.com/barpod) bidets! - https://hellotushy.com/barpod (https://hellotushy.com/barpod)

One would not expect an online community devoted to discussion of dragons, vampires, and teenage heroes to be a cesspool of almost unimaginable toxicity. And yet! In this episode, Jesse walks Katie through a recent history of young adult fiction Twitter, aka "YA Twitter," and attempts to explain how it got to be such a Hobbesian hellscape. The latest scandal involves Jessica Cluess, a YA author falsely accused of racism and violent speech, and the opportunistic authors, consultants, and agents rushing to denounce her in as colorful and overwrought a manner as possible.Show notes/Links:Please pre-order Jesse's book, "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills," if you can: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374239800?aff=macmillan Or on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ Vulture: The Toxic Drama on YA Twitter - https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-toxic-drama-of-ya-twitter.html Tablet: How a Twitter Mob Derailed an Immigrant Female Author’s Budding Career - https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-a-twitter-mob-destroyed-a-young-immigrant-female-authors-budding-career Reason: Teen Fiction Twitter Is Eating Its Young - https://reason.com/2019/05/05/teen-fiction-twitter-is-eating-its-young/ Reason: He Was Part of a Twitter Mob That Attacked Young Adult Novelists. Then It Turned on Him. Now His Book Is Canceled. - https://reason.com/2019/02/28/he-was-part-of-a-twitter-mob-that-attack/ Reason: A Review of a Book That Will Never Be Published, Thanks to the Young Adult Twitter Mob - https://reason.com/2019/03/15/a-review-of-a-book-will-never-be-publish/ Twitter stuff:Jessica Cluess' apology: https://twitter.com/JessCluess/status/1333906316247457794 Brooks Sherman denouncing Cluess but not dropping her: https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1333967020258373632 Brooks Sherman denouncing Cluess, amplifying a false rumor about her, and dropping her: https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1334685571449556994 Some tweetstorms by Jesse running down some highlights of the craziness:https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334156650467520513 https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334356668273070081 https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334642155437101058 YA Twitter's Victims and Critics Speak Up (four-part series on Singal-Minded):https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-855 https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-4b5 https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-c56 Advertisers:dental products! - https://www.getquip.com/barpod bidets! - https://hellotushy.com/barpod  This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Time Stamps and full length podcasts: Damsel by Elena K. Arnold :43 Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski- 14:53 Bared To You by Silvia Day- 18:17 Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A Brown- 19:53 Red Sister by Mark Lawrence- 21:29 House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess- 27:38 You Should See Me in a Crow by Leah Johnson- 30:00 Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender- 32:00 Chain of Gold by Cassandra Claire- 36:22 

Join Dawn and Ashley as we rate and discuss House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess. We apologize for the echo; we're still working out the kinks. Spoilers begin at 46:30

Eric and Kelly discuss YA authors who’ve successfully jumped genres, celebrity YA books, and dramatically read from Tyra Banks’s unfinished trilogy “Modelland.”     Sponsored by Everything Must Go by Jenny Fran Davis from Wednesday Books, A Poison Dark and Drowning by Jessica Cluess from Random House, and Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust from Flatiron Books.

Amanda and Jenn discuss gothic novels, short stories, LGBTQ+ YA, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Lit Chat, Second Acts by Teri Emory, and A Poison Dark and Drowning by Jessica Cluess.   Questions   1. Hi Amanda & Jenn I wanted to say I love your podcast. You guys are awesome. I'm going on vacation to Rome this fall and I was hoping to read some novels between then and now to give me a feel for the city. I'm looking for fiction, historical or not (just not Ancient Rome), where the city plays a prominent role. I'm not really into mysteries or really super dark, heavy stuff ie The Vegetarian. (Although I did enjoy that one, but I'm good on dark for a while) Other than that, I'm open to whatever you can recommend. Thanks. --Denise   2. Hello! Ideally I'd like these books before Oct. 2017 so I can read for Halloween, but that isn't super critical. When I was in middle school, I went through a phase of loving ghost stories. You know the ones--plucky middle school kid moves into a creepy old house on the East Coast, meets a benevolent ghost, solves the mystery of their murder so they can move into the Great Beyond. I especially loved Mary Downing Hahn. I was also inspired by the recent (as of 7/12/17) post about Bruce Coville's series to load up some books on my Thrift Books wishlist, but I'm interested in the same style of story aimed at adults. Nothing horrifying, but a bit of a thrill is ok. I'm not necessarily looking for the same formula, just the same atmosphere and ghost-iness. Any thoughts? Thanks so much! --Samantha   3. Hello, I am hoping to give my sister a book of short stories for Christmas. She is new to reading for pleasure and she asks me if I can recommend her something but it’s difficult when she and I are not sure what she likes. I know she doesn't like zombie/horror (like) stories/books. Is there something with different genres, maybe this will help her find what she does or doesn't like. Thank you so much, you guys have a great day :) --Paola   4. I'm taking a train trip from San Diego to Portland in October to visit Powell's as part of my 30th birthday celebration (I turned 30 in July, but I bought the trip as a gift to myself). Since this is a special trip, I'd love to pick up a few new books that I can cherish as well. I'd love for these to be the type of books that become favorites. I'm mostly into Fantasy and Science Fiction, and I really enjoy YA. I love a good story based in mythology or a good fairy tale retelling. I've also been getting into mystery/suspense/thriller and horror lately and would love a good terrifying horror story (apparently I'm hard to scare on the page). I do enjoy the occasional contemporary/literary fiction as well. I could do without love/romance (as long as it doesn't take over the story or the story has other strong elements or is just really good). I would also love to include diversity in my picks. Books I love or have really enjoyed include: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, American Gods, A Head Full of Ghosts, The Kingkiller Chronicles, The Book Thief, Queens of Geek, The Library of Fates, Ready Player One, Ramona Blue, and The Mermaid's Sister. --Jessica   5. Hey Y'all! My name is Sabrina and the last few years of my life have been pretty rough. To make a long, traumatic story short, I had been going through an ongoing custody battle with my son's father, had an extremely difficult pregnancy that ended with my sweet baby in NICU (she's healthy and happy now), dealt with other family issues as well as my own internal ones. Nevertheless, I received my Bachelor's degree in English and Women's Studies and am now in grad school. Although things have gotten better, I still have this overwhelming feeling of exhaustion and anxiety but above all, I feel inadequate. I'm a brown woman, the first in my family to graduate with a bachelors, let alone get into grad school. I have 3 kiddos whom I adore and I just really want to read something that will help me to believe everything will get better. That someone else has been through the things I have and that I am worthy of my place in grad school. I am worthy of my place in the world. I read Tiny Beautiful Things and loved it. I would love any recommendations of books with a woman of color main character and something not toooooo long because grad school. Bonus if the main character is a mom/writer herself. --Sabrina   6. Hi! I’m trying to complete the 2017 Read Harder Challenge, and I’m having trouble finding books for some of the categories. One in particular has me stumped: read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+. I actually love YA, so you would think this would be easy for me, but I’m having trouble figuring out which authors identify as LGBTQ+ (Sexual orientation isn’t always printed on the “About the Author” page, or even the author’s website, so how would I find this info?). Some YA books I’ve liked recently are: When Dimple Met Rishi, Saints and Misfits, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, and Something In Between Thanks for your help! --Jess   7. Dear Amanda and Jenn, Thank you for continuing to give new and specialized recs week after week! I'm searching for suggestions to send to my friend who is in the US Marine Corps and deployed to the Middle East for an extended period. He doesn't get a lot of down time, but likes to read and obviously didn't get to bring many books along. The book/books need to be short-ish, since I'll be sending it/them via air mail. He enjoys Kerouac and Hemingway. Maybe something with a sense of humor? Any good, intriguing story/memoir/essay collection that will lift his spirits but not be too heavy. Nothing political, but it could be fiction or non-fiction. He is super into all kinds of music (he used to be a DJ) so bonus points if you can think of something related to that. He also loves to travel and studies several languages... it seemed like a broad request at first so I'm trying to give you a sense of his interests to help you narrow down your picks :) Thanks so much for your help! --Haley   Books An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda, trans William Weaver Angels & Demons by Dan Brown Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling by Ross King Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love by Sarah Vaughn and Lan Medina The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield In the Country by Mia Alvar Best American Short Stories 2016 The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe Tender by Sofia Samatar The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore Dreadnought by April Daniels Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks Let’s Talk About Love (33 ⅓) by Carl Wilson

This week, Liberty discusses great older books, including The Moviegoer, The Inheritance of Loss, and Fugitive Pieces. This episode was sponsored by A Poison Dark and Drowning by Jessica Cluess. Find a list of the titles discussed on this episode in the shownotes.

Jessica Cluess, author of A Shadow Bright and Burning, joins Kodiak to discuss beauty, mystery, and Nicolas Cage in everyday life.