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Sheletta's friend Shannon Gibney recently wrote a book that will help teach your child about the modern day civil rights struggles and the legacy of George Floyd.

Shannon Gibney is a writer, educator, and activist. The author of several books, including The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption, which received a Michael L. Printz Honor and a Minnesota Book Award; See No Color and Dream Country, both winners of Minnesota Book Awards; and Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight, a children's picture book about a cross-cultural family also published by the University of Minnesota Press. A Bush Artist and McKnight Writing Fellow, Gibney teaches at Minneapolis College, where she was named Educator of the Year in 2023. She lives with her two children in Minneapolis.Website: https://www.shannongibney.com/Music by Corey Quinn

The gang is back, you guys! It's been awhile, but we are back to discuss Shannon Gibney's amazing memoir of transracial adoption, family, and love. We've read a lot of books doing this show over the years, but you can be sure that we have never read one like this -- and it definitely shows in the episode. So come along with us again and take a wondrous ride through time. It's not technically a wormhole you'll go through, but we are going to take you back to a few months ago to when we first recorded this episode. And let me tell you, it's worth the wait!

Big Book and Bold Ideas talks with authors from around the globe. But our favorite moments come when host Kerri Miller sits down with Minnesota writers to talk about story, craft and how calling this state home influences both. This week, we took a look back at some conversations with notable Minnesota authors, including Shannon Gibney, who just won her third Minnesota Book Award, Hmong writer Kao Kalia Yang and not-ashamed-to-be-a-mystery-writer William Kent Krueger.

This episode we're discussing our Favourite Reads of 2023! We talk about our favourite fiction and non-fiction books we read this year! Plus: Our favourite comics, video games, documentaries, podcasts, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Favourite Fiction For the podcast Anna The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao  (Episode 172 - Domestic Thrillers) Jam Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones (Episode 184 - Horror) Matthew Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus, vol. 3 by Eiji Otsuka and by Housui Yamazaki (Episode 184 - Horror) The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023 edited by Lisa Unger and Steph Cha (Episode 186 - Suspense Fiction) Meghan The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (Episode 176 - Fantasy) Not for the podcast Jam Heaven's Design Team by Hebi-Zou, Tsuta Suzuki, & Tarako Naked mole rats do not die of old age Owls' ears are at asymmetrical heights Tarsiers have two tongues Accidental Elephant (YouTube) Matthew Ammonite by Nicola Griffith  Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (Wikipedia) Meghan What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher Anna Daisy and the Duke by Elizabeth Cole (The Wallflowers of Wildwood) Favourite Non-Fiction For the podcast Matthew Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara (Episode 174 - Economics) Meghan Goldenrod: Poems by Maggie Smith (Episode 182 - Lyric Poetry) Anna They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers by Sarah Scoles (Episode 178 - Aliens, Extraterrestrials, and UFOs) Jam Histories of the Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson (Episode 170 - Gender Theory & Gender Studies) Not for the podcast Meghan  Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser Anna Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic – and what we can do about it by Jennifer Breheny Wallace Jam The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption by Shannon Gibney (also discussed in Episode 181) Matthew Thirty-One Nil: On the Road With Football's Outsiders: A World Cup Odyssey by James Montague Other Favourite Things of 2023 Anna If Books Could Kill The Meme Stock Cult (patron episode) & two parter on Nudge Folding Ideas - This is Financial Advice (YouTube) Two Point Hospital / Campus Oxygen Not Included Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art Jam Nimona (film) Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki Matthew Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Nier: Automata (Wikipedia) Meghan Ten Candles Le Plonguer - Stéphane Larue Runner-Ups Jam Games  The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Wikipedia) Baldur's Gate 3 (Wikipedia) Redactle Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore (Episode 176 - Fantasy) Boy Island by Leo Fox (comic released via 133 installments on Instagram; link is installment #1) Changing my name (legal procedure) Best Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe (cookies) Moon (celestial body) Matthew Comics Box of Light, vol. 1 by Seiko Erisawa Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition, vol. 1 by Nagabe Incredible Doom, vol. 1 by Matthew Bogart and Jesse Holden Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni Steeple, vols. 1-3 by John Allison, Sarah Stern, and Jim Campbell Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen: Who Killed Jimmy Olsen? by Matt Fraction and Steve Leiber  Books Boss Fight: Jagged Alliance 2 by Darius Kazemi Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams by Alfred Lubrano Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants by Ann Hui Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Dr. Kit Heyam The Caped Crusader: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge Games Hitman: World of Assassination Trilogy Yakuza 0 (Wikipedia) Tetris Effect Bayonetta (Wikipedia) Video Essays The Future is a Dead Mall - Decentraland and the Metaverse - Folding Ideas Panzer Dragoon Series Retrospective - A Complete History and Review - I Finished A Video Game  Meghan Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci Onley's Arctic: Diaries and Paintings of the High Arctic by Toni Onley Vita Sackville-West's Sissinghurst: The Creation of a Garden by VitaSackville-West and Sarah Raven Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga by Benjamin Lorr A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold and Charles W. Schwartz Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Made-Up: A True Story of Beauty Culture under Late Capitalism by Daphné B. Witch King by Martha Wells Bad Fruit by Ella King Other Media We Mentioned Thirsty Mermaids by Kat Leyh Theme Hospital (Wikipedia) 25 Food/Cooking Non-Fiction Books by BIPOC Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Niqiliurniq: A Cookbook from Igloolik by Micah Arreak, Annie Désilets, Lucy Kappianaq, Glenda Kripanik, and Kanadaise Uyarasuk New Native Kitchen: Celebrating Modern Recipes of the American Indian by Freddie Bitsoie Cooking for the Culture: Recipes and Stories from the New Orleans Streets to the Table by Toya Boudy Cooking from the Spirit: Easy, Delicious, and Joyful Plant-Based Inspirations by Tabitha Brown tawâw: Progressive Indigenous Cuisine by Shane M. Chartrand with Jennifer Cockrall-King Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook by Sohla El-Waylly 50 Pies, 50 States: An Immigrant's Love Letter to the United States Through Pie by Stacey Mei Yan Fong Modern Native Feasts by Andrew George Jr. Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes by Robin Ha A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism by Eric Holt-Giménez Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants by Ann Hui Korean American: Food that Tastes Like Home by Eric Kim Indian-Ish: Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family by Priya Krishna with Ritu Krishna 100 Million Years of Food: What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today by Stephen Le A Splash of Soy: Everyday Food from Asia by Lara Lee Eat, Habibi, Eat!: Fresh Recipes for Modern Egyptian Cooking by Shahir Massoud The Mexican Home Kitchen: Traditional Home-Style Recipes That Capture the Flavors and Memories of Mexico by Mely Martinez Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in México by Rick Martinez Food-Related Stories by Gaby Melian Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System by Raj Patel Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman Plantcakes: Fancy + Everyday Vegan Cakes for Everyone by Lyndsay Sung Chef Tee's Caribbean Kitchen by Chef Tee Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes by Bryant Terry Cooking with the Wolfman: Indigenous Fusion by David Wolfman and Marlene Finn Give us feedback! 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Episode Notes November is National Adoption Month, which adoptees have reclaimed as National Adoptee Awareness Month (NAAM). In honor of NAAM, this month on Let's Grab Coffee, I'm featuring conversations with authors of books that center adoptee voices. Who are you and how do you know? Much of our identity begins with our name and our family origin stories, but what happens when the stories you thought you knew begin to unravel? Questions of identity, family, and truth are at the center of Shannon Gibney's latest novel - The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption. On today's show I sit down with Shannon to discuss her book, some of the primary themes around adoption, race, and what we know or think we know, and how she's creating new stories about herself and adoption. Shannon Gibney is an award winning author and university professor. Her previous novels include See No Color and Dream Country. She is co-editor with Nicole Chung of When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology.

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss The Reformatory, The Space Between Here & Now, Edith Holler, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due The Space Between Here & Now by Sarah Suk Edith Holler by Edward Carey An Ordinary Violence by Adriana Chartrand Nestlings by Nat Cassidy  When We Become Ours edited by Shannon Gibney and Nicole Chung A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will by Maya McGregor For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

263 | Stefany Valentine - When We Become Ours Today's episode is a celebration for When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology which releases on October 24, 2023. The first of its kind, edited by Shannon Gibney and Nicole Chung, with fifteen adoptee authors is cause for celebration. We're going to hear from an emerging author, Stefany Valentine, who shares her story of being adopted at age twelve, while her biological father had a terminal illness. She is the first step-parent adoptee we've had on the show. We talk about the lack of consent to her adoption, the cultural losses Stefany suffered, and how it wasn't until her mid-twenties that she realized her biological mother had been removed from her birth certificate. Next we're going to hear from five more contributing authors who share about their stories in the collection and what it's meant for them to be a part of this project.  Full Show Notes Here This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing stated on it, either by its hosts or any guests, is to be construed as psychological, medical or legal advice. Please seek out professionals in those fields if you need those services. The views expressed by the hosts of Adoptees On or any guests are their own and do not represent the opinions of any organization or other person unless otherwise stated.

Award-winning Minnesota author, Shannon Gibney, joins Marti and Erin Erickson of Mom Enough® for a captivating discussion on her latest book — a speculative memoir of transracial adoption. The Girl I am, Was, and Never Will Be masterfully weaves together the story of Gibney's life as a transracial adoptee with an imagined tale of her life had she not been placed for adoption. The resulting braided story brings to light the unique and often painful challenges of being a transracial adoptee, and adds to the public discourse on adoption in a beautiful way.   Shannon Gibney gives voice to the complex emotions experienced by adoptees and explores the "cultural losses" associated with being a transracial adoptee. She gives listeners an inside perspective into her writing process and how this book affected her as a mother. Tune in to this moving and fascinating conversation and learn more about Gibney's incredibly creative memoir and personal story.   WHAT WAS MOST IMPACTFUL TO YOU IN GIBNEY'S STORY OF TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION?  How can people make sense of their lives when there are gaps in their knowledge about personal, family, or ancestral history? What might you imagine as an alternate reality to your life now or in the past, or your family history? How might the process of imagining a different story for your life help you better understand your life now?     WANT TO HEAR MORE ON ADOPTION? ❉ MOTHERHOOD SO WHITE: A DISCUSSION ON RACE, ADOPTION, AND PARENTING IN TODAY'S WORLD. As a single Black woman who chose to become a mother through adoption, author Nefertiti Austin took to writing her own experiences in her critically acclaimed memoir, Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender and Parenting in America. Tune in to this Mom Enough episode as Austin shares her moving and empowering journey to and through motherhood.   ❉ A BIRTH MOTHER'S STORY OF LOVE, HOPE & RESPECT THROUGH OPEN ADOPTION. When Christine Bauer was an 18-year-old college student just beginning pursuit of her educational goals and life dreams, she didn't expect to confront what she refers to as “those three words” – “You are pregnant!” Now, decades later, Chris has used Those Three Words as the title of an eloquent book that tells the story of her choice to place her baby for open adoption and the remarkable relationships that have developed over the years among everyone involved. You will be touched by this hopeful story of love and choice.

Minneapolis author Shannon Gibney made waves in 2015 when she published her novel, “See No Color.” The experiences of main character Alex Kirtridge — a Black girl adopted by a white family — were partially informed by Gibney's own life as a transracial adoptee. From the archives: Shannon Gibney on 'Dream Country' Gibney returns to her own story with her new memoir, “The Girl I Am, Was and Never Will Be.” But this time, she mines different timelines — that of her own life, growing up as a mixed race adoptee in Ann Arbor, Mich. — and an alternate reality where her biological mom doesn't give her up, and Shannon Gibney grows up as Erin Powers, the name she was given at birth. Race, identity and adoption are powerful themes in what she calls a '“speculative memoir.” This week on Big Books and Bold Ideas, Gibney joins host Kerri Miller to talk about why she chose this genre to tell the parallel stories of her life, and how she filled the holes in her history that adoption left behind. Guest: Shannon Gibney is a writer and a professor of English at Minneapolis College. Her books include the novel, “Dream Country” and the new speculative fiction memoir, “The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be.” To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above.  Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or RSS. Subscribe to the Thread newsletter for the latest book and author news and must-read recommendations. 

Minneapolis author Shannon Gibney made a splash with her first novel, "See No Color," drawn from her life as a transracial adoptee. It won the 2016 Minnesota Book Award for Young People's Literature. She returns to writing about her own life in her just released memoir, “The Girl I Am, Was and Never Will Be.” But this a memoir unlike most. Gibney calls it speculative fiction. It explores both her life as it was — and as it might have been, had she not been adopted by a white family. It's a unexpected and enterprising way to wrestle with life's “what ifs.” Gibney and host Kerri Miller will talk about it on this Friday's Big Books and Bold Ideas. While you wait, enjoy this conversation from the 2018 archives, when Gibney had just published her second book, "Dream Country.” It traces the oft-neglected history of free Blacks and former enslaved people who sailed back to Africa to colonize what is now known as Liberia. Guest: Shannon Gibney is a writer and a professor of English at Minneapolis College. Her books include the novel, “Dream Country” and the new speculative fiction memoir, “The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be.” To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above.  Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or RSS. Subscribe to the Thread newsletter for the latest book and author news and must-read recommendations. 

Shannon Gibney, an award-winning author of multiple books, and her brand new release, The Girl I Am, Was, & Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption, returns to the podcast! Today Shannon shares some of her reunion story with us, how her long-time friends supported her through some pivotal life events, and how her relationship with her adoptive family has evolved over the years. We talk about the brand new book, and patrons will get the opportunity to join Shannon for an Adoptees On(ly) book club event in February 2023 (adopteeson.com/bookclub).

Episode Notes Who are you and how do you know? Much of our identity begins with our name and our family origin stories, but what happens when the stories you thought you knew begin to unravel? Questions of identity, family, and truth are at the center of Shannon Gibney's latest novel - The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption. On today's show I sit down with Shannon to discuss her book, some of the primary themes around adoption, race, and what we know or think we know, and how she's creating new stories about herself and adoption. Shannon Gibney is an award winning author and university professor. Her previous novels include See No Color _and _Dream Country.

Big Books and Bold Ideas is usually the show where readers meet writers. But for this final show of 2022, we decided to do something unexpected. Instead of talking to writers about books they wrote, we asked them about their favorite literary characters someone else wrote. It's an assignment these Minnesota authors took seriously, and their selections both surprised and delighted host Kerri Miller. She also asked each author to recommend their favorite book of 2022, so get your “need to read” list ready! Guests: Peter Geye writes and lives in Minneapolis and is the author of many books. His latest novel is “The Ski Jumpers.” Shannon Gibney is a writer and a professor of English at Minneapolis College. Her books include the novel, “Dream Country” and the upcoming memoir-inspired novel, “The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be.” Ben Percy is a novelist and screenwriter based in Northfield, Minn. His novels include “The Unfamiliar Garden” and a collection of stories titled, “Suicide Woods.” He also writes for Marvel Comics. To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above.  Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or RSS. Subscribe to the Thread newsletter for the latest book and author news and must-read recommendations. 

Shannon Gibney is a mother of three, prolific author, activist, educator, runner, and Buddhist transracial adoptee. In this episode, she blesses us with profound reflections. We dive straight into the “structures of feeling”, a place beyond words, where loss and other body wisdom lives, a kinship among adoptees and to loss itself. Shannon connects the losses of adoption to experiences of infant loss and miscarriage, to create a space for recognition and honoring of the, ultimately, impermanent nature of all things. She also gives a first sneak peak into her new book, Botched: A Speculative Memoir on Transracial Adoption, out in early 2023, among many other publications. Please be on the look out for numerous publications coming out in 2022 and beyond:     Where We Come From, a co-authored picture book with John Coy, Sun Yung Shin and Diane Wilson, Lerner, October 2022     Botched: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption, Dutton, early 2023     Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight, University of MN Press, Spring 2023     Adoptee to Adoptee, co-edited with Nicole Chung, Harper Teen, Fall 2023     Middle grade trilogy about tweens taking on Big Oil, 2024? Shannon Gibney Bio:Shannon Gibney is a writer, educator, activist, and the author of See No Color (Carolrhoda Lab, 2015), and Dream Country (Dutton, 2018) young adult novels that won Minnesota Book Awards in 2016 and 2019. A Bush Artist and McKnight Writing Fellow, her new book, Botched, explores themes of transracial adoption through speculative memoir (Dutton, 2022). In October 2019, University of Minnesota Press released What God is Honored Here?: Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss By and For Native Women and Women of Color, which she co-edited with writer Kao Kalia Yang. www.shannongibney.comTwitter: @GibneyShannonIG: @shannonelainegibneyCo-Hosts: Nari Baker & Robyn ParkMusic: Mike Marlatt & Paul GulledgeEditing: Federico aka mixinghacksArtwork: Dalhe KimListen on: iTunes & SpotifyInstagram: @laboroflovepodcastVenmo: @laboroflovepodcast

After experiencing a stillbirth at 41 1/2 weeks, author Shannon Gibney found the silence around the experience an added source of trauma after an already devastating experience. As writers so often do, she turned to the literature and found that most of what was written was by white women or did not reflect her truth. So, she and author Kao Kalia Yang, who had suffered a pregnancy loss at 19 weeks, set out to elevate the voices of Indigenous women and women of color who have experienced miscarriage and infant loss.   Gibney joins Mom Enough to discuss What God is Honored Here? Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss By and For Native Women and Women of Color, which she co-edited with Kao Kalia Yang. Tune in to hear her story, excerpts from the book, and how we can all challenge the silence and dominant narratives around pregnancy loss.   WHAT CAN YOU DO TO CHALLENGE EXISTING NARRATIVES AROUND MISCARRIAGE AND INFANT LOSS? Have you or someone you know experienced a miscarriage or infant loss? In what ways did you or your loved one find comfort or silence in the stories you heard about others' experiences or losses? What might you do differently in the future to support a friend or family member after a miscarriage or infant loss?   WANT TO LEARN MORE MISCARRIAGE AND INFANT LOSS? ❉ HELPING PARENTS HEAL AFTER MISCARRIAGE, STILLBIRTH OR A PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF A LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION. For many of us, pregnancy is a time of excitement, joy and anticipation of who this baby will be. But when anticipation turns to loss through miscarriage, a devastating prenatal diagnosis or stillbirth, grief engulfs mom, dad and other family members. Too often these heartbreaking experiences are suffered in silence – or perhaps dismissed by well-meaning friends who say, “You'll be able to have another baby.” Tune in as Delta Larkey and Alyssa Wright discuss helping families navigate these losses and find strength and healing through rituals that are responsive to each family's unique needs and strengths.   ❉ MOTHERHOOD & WORDS: GIVING VOICE TO MOTHERS' LOVE, LOSS AND LAUGHTER. Being a mom can evoke the highest and lowest of emotions, sometimes all at once! Minneapolis author and writing teacher Kate Hopper brings writers to Motherhood & Words at The Loft Literary Center to read from their latest works about their lives as mothers. Listen to three authors, including Kao Kalia Yang, who reads a powerful new piece about losing her first son in a very late miscarriage.   ❉ HAVE YOU OR SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU LOST A CHILD? The loss of a child is surely the most devastating thing a parent can experience. Dr. Joann O'Leary and Dr. Jane Warland, both experts in parenting after loss, bring rich insights and useful tips for moving forward (or helping someone you know move forward) after loss in this episode of Mom Enough.

211 | Sullivan Summer Today's guest is the brilliant Sullivan Summer! Growing up as a black transracial adoptee with white adoptive parents, Sullivan was actively discouraged from identifying as black by her adoptive mother. She shares about her recent decision to change her full name as a sign of identity reclamation and we also discuss the intersection of adoption, race, and the United States' history of slavery. Full Show Notes Here Show Notes Recommended Resources Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption (re-release 2021) edited by Jane Jeong Trenka, Julia Chinyere Oparah, and Sun Yung Shin University of Minnesota Press podcast episodes with the editors of Outsiders Within: What society gets wrong about transracial adoption: Sun Yung Shin, Shannon Gibney, and JaeRan Kim. Korean and Vietnamese adoptees on the intimate racialized politics of transracial adoption: Jane Jeong Trenka, Indigo Willing, and kimura byol-nathalie lemoine. Outsiders Within: Korean adoptees Jane Jeong Trenka and Ami Nafzger share their stories. National Association of Black Social Workers 1972 Position Statement on Transracial Adoption (a direct download is available here: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nabsw.org/resource/collection/E1582D77-E4CD-4104-996A-D42D08F9CA7D/NABSW_Trans-Racial_Adoption_1972_Position_(b).pdf ) Connect With Us Sullivan Summer: Instagram Haley Radke: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Adoptees On: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | iHeart Radio | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube Support Adoptees On One Time Donation | Monthly | Secret Facebook Group Connect Occasional Newsletter | Send a Note This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing stated on it, either by its hosts or any guests, is to be construed as psychological, medical or legal advice. Please seek out professionals in those fields if you need those services. The views expressed by the hosts of Adoptees On or any guests are their own and do not represent the opinions of any organization or other person unless otherwise stated.

Outsiders Within is a volume of essays, fiction, poetry, and art by transracially adopted writers from around the world who tackle difficult questions about how to survive the racist and ethnocentric worlds they inhabit. The volume was first published in 2006 and released in a new edition in 2021: a year in which reproduction and adoption politics have been spotlighted anew.In this episode, three transracial adoptees talk about what society often gets wrong about adoption.Sun Yung Shin was born in Seoul, Korea, and raised in the Chicago area. She is an award-winning poet, writer, and cultural worker, whose books include Unbearable Splendor and What We Hunger For. She lives in Minneapolis.Shannon Gibney is a writer, educator, activist, and award-winning author. She was adopted by white parents in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1975. Gibney is a professor of English at Minneapolis College. Her forthcoming novel Botched explores themes of transracial adoption through speculative memoir.JaeRan Kim was born in South Korea and adopted to the United States in 1971. She is associate professor at the University of Washington, Tacoma, in the social work program. She is a contributor to the volume The Complexities of Race (NYU Press), and her blog, Harlow's Monkey, is one of the longest-running transracial adoption blogs in the US.

I’m thrilled Shannon Gibney, writer and activist is here! Shannon shares some of her personal story and how she’s observed adoptee voices reaching critical mass over the last fifteen years. Since her first novel, See No Color, was released 6 years ago, she’s heard from many younger adoptees who’ve felt seen and validated by reading her words. Shannon recounts how her experience of grief in motherhood and the adoptee experience intertwined, and how she’s modelled truth-telling, even the difficult things, to her children. Full Show Notes Here Connect With Us Shannon Gibney: www.shannongibney.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Haley Radke: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Adoptees On: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | iHeart Radio | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube Support Adoptees On One Time Donation | Monthly | Secret Facebook Group Connect Occasional Newsletter | Send a Note

CW: Miscarriage(March 31, 2021) This special episode is devoted to an issue so many women struggle with, and so few people discuss. Shannon Gibney and Kao Kalia Yang, co-editors of What God Is Honored Here: Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color, talk about why it's important to give voice to this common pain.Writer Mother Monster is a conversation series devoted to dismantling the myth of "having it all" and offering writer-moms solidarity, support, and advice as we make space for creative endeavors.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/writermothermonster)

Kao Kalia Yang is an author, public speaker, and teacher. She was born in the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp in Thailand and settled with her family in St. Paul, Minnesota, when she was six years old. After graduating from Carleton College, she moved to New York to complete an M.F.A. at Columbia University. She moved back to the Twin Cities to launch her writing career and has been based there ever since.  Kalia has taught in K-12 schools in a variety of communities, as well as at many colleges and universities. She is the author of two memoirs, The Latehomecomer and The Song Poet, and editor of two anthologies, What God Is Honored Here? (coedited with Shannon Gibney) and Somewhere in the Unknown World. Kalia is also the author of three children's books, A Map into the World, The Shared Room, and The Most Beautiful Thing.  For more information about her writing, teaching, and availability for public speaking engagements, visit her homepage: https://kaokaliayang.com/. 

Miscarriage and infant loss are experiences that disproportionately affect Indigenous women and women of color. WHAT GOD IS HONORED HERE? is the first book of its kind, a literary collection of voices of these women coming together to speak about the traumas and tragedies of womanhood. "We are talking about equity. We are talking about racism. We are talking about all of the things that we've been needing to talk about. This work is only still beginning," says co-editor Kao Kalia Yang, who is joined here by co-editor Shannon Gibney and writers Michelle Borok, Soniah Kamal, Jami Nakamura Lin, and Seema Reza. This edited conversation was recorded in July 2020. More about the book: z.umn.edu/wgihh A transcript of this conversation is available: z.umn.edu/t-wgihh

Sun Yung Shin is an award winning Minnesota writer and poet, she’s also an educator and activist. In 2016 she edited the book : A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota -- it features essays on what it’s like to live as a person of color in Minnesota, and includes writers Kao Kalia Yang, Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria, Shannon Gibney, David Lawrence Grant, Heid Erdrich, and many more. A Good Time for the Truth was just named our next One Book One Minnesota book and it’s been made freely available for Minnesotans to engage in a collective reading and to come together as a virtual community

Black, Native American, Hmong and Latino women share their experiences of coping with the loss of their child during pregnancy in a new book, “What God is Honored Here.” The worst nightmare for any parent is the loss of a child. As a society we are uneasy and reluctant to talk about death and certainly not about the death of a child. The trauma can be devastating as parents quietly cope with their loss. But when fetal loss happens at a significantly higher rate for Black and Native American women, the community looks for answers. The Counter Stories team looks at the effect of implicit bias and institutional racism on women of color’s reproductive health, and at the greater historical narrative of native women and women of color being continually separated from their children. Hosts are: Don Eubanks, associate professor at Metropolitan State University and cultural consultant. Anthony Galloway, executive director of Arts-Us, Center for the African Diaspora. Marianne Combs, correspondent for MPR News. With special guests: Shannon Gibney and Kao Kalia Yang, co-editors of “What Gold is Honored Here? Writings on miscarriage and infant loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color.”

Kao Kalia Yang and Shannon Gibney are writers, friends, and grieving mothers. Shannon's daughter, Sianneh, died at forty-one and a half weeks. Kalia's son, Baby Jules, died at nineteen weeks. In the days, weeks, and months after these losses, Shannon and Kalia went searching for the words of others experiencing similar grief. What they found was limited and written primarily by white women. The absence of narratives about loss written by Indigenous women and women of color just amplified their sense of isolation. So, they decided to create what they most needed to read and hear. Their new book, What God is Honored Here? Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color, is a collection of deeply personal essays from women exploring the rawness of grief and how it intertwines with race and culture.    

Support this podcast at patreon.com/incitingincidentpodcastThis week, Marissa sits down with Shannon Gibney, who was gracious enough to invite Marissa into her home, and they discuss their backgrounds, teaching, her book See No Color, and writing in general. The theme music is written and performed by Shelley Segal and was used with permission.Contact the show at incitingincidentpodcast@gmail.com, on Twitter @ISquaredPod @BethanyLFutrell @SheTalksAtheism, on Facebook facebook.com/incitingincidentpodcast

Shannon Gibney is the author of "See No Color", drawn from her life as a transracial adoptee, which won the Minnesota Book Award and was hailed by Kirkus as “an exceptionally accomplished debut” and by Publishers Weekly as “an unflinching look at the complexities of racial identity.” In her latest novel, "Dream Country", she writes of the nightmarish spiral of death and exile connecting America and Africa, and of how one determined young dreamer tries to break free and gain control of her destiny. Shannon’s episode is deeply eye-opening and informative as we go into the details about writing her newest novel, from research to the challenges she faced, and we discuss transracial adoption along with her previous novel. We also touch on the editor and author relationship and how Shannon’s dynamic with her editor flourishes her own writing. A must-listen for every storyteller.  Say 'Hi' to Shannon on Twitter! To access Shannon's shownotes page, click here! ------ Click here to read our 3-year anniversary event summary by Olivia Liu weaved in with photos by Melora Chang! Make sure you don't miss out on our feature article "Letting the Ghosts In" by J.C. Cervantes, click here to read it!

Author, playwright, and essayist Zetta Elliott talks with Shannon Gibney about her experiences with the publishing industry that eventually led to the creation of her own independent imprint Rosetta Press. She has published over 20 books for children and young adults, and her plays have been staged across the country. For more information, visit her website www.zettaelliott.com  

On this episode, Erin and Junauda are joined by Namir Fearce and Case Wilson, two youth readers, who got to interview author Shannon Gibney about her debut young adult novel, See No Color.  Readers then discuss the novel's themes, which include transracial adoption, sports, gender, parenting and mixed race identity. We had to talk about Macklemore's education on white privilege and Chelsea Handler's exploration of racism, so that happened, too.   Read See No Color and let us know what you think. We love our listeners. Share the love and the podcast with all your friends.

This edition of BMR features a book club style exploration of Blues Vision with special guests Lisa Brimmer and Valérie Déus. Blues Vision is a stunning anthology of essays co-edited by Alex Pate, Pam Fletcher, and J. Otis Powell ?!, with cover art by Ta-coumba Aiken, and co-published by Minnesota Humanities Center and Minnesota Historical Society Press. Blues Vision features writing by Minnesota luminaries Tish Jones, Rohan Preston, Mary Moore Easter, E.G Bailey, Frank B. Wilderson III, Sha Cage, Andrea Jenkins, Shannon Gibney, Kim Hines, Carolyn Holbrook, Arleta Little, Clarence White, Angela Shannon and more. Cultural producers Erin Sharkey and Junauda Petrus. Brought to you by the Givens Foundation for African American Literature in partnership with iDream.tv

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly Compensatory Call-In. We encourage non-white listeners to dial in with their codified concepts, new terms, observations, research findings, workplace problems or triumphs, and/or suggestions on how best to Replace White Supremacy With Justice ASAP. We'll use these sessions to hone our use of words as tools to reveal truth, neutralize White people. We'll examine news reports from the past seven days and - hopefully - promote a constructive dialog. #ANTIBLACKNESS A black male in Ireland asked, what is the 4th of July to black people whose churches are being burned? This summer's "fireworks" have been confined to black houses of worship, as more than a half dozen churches have been burned; none have been ruled acts of Racism (hate crimes), but several have been deemed acts of arson. The blazes have generated much less attention than the removal of "Dukes of Hazzard" - a television show canceled 30 years ago - and all things resembling the Confederate flag. Whites have decreed Bree Newsome their official "black friend" of the month. Last week, Newsome and her "White ally" removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina state Capitol. She was quickly shackled and jailed, the flag was immediately replaced, and Riley Curry was no longer Whites' favorite black person. Rhodes College professor Zandria Robinson did not receive the same reverence for her critique of Whitefolks. She, like Shannon Gibney and Marylin Zuniga, was reminded that lesson plans are not to include critiques of Racism/Whites. #AnswersForMiriamCarey INVEST in The COWS - http://tiny.cc/ledjb CALL IN NUMBER: 760.569.7676 CODE 564943# SKYPE: FREECONFERENCECALLHD.7676 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p

The idea that working hard leads to success is a popular narrative in the United States, but a new report shows it's not that simple - especially for LGBTQ people of color. A Broken Bargain for LGBTQ Workers of Color shows folks in this demographic are some of the most disadvantaged workers in the country, facing high rates of unemployment and poverty. This week we spoke to Preston Mitchum from the Center for American Progress, a co-author of the report. Preston helped us break down some of the main trouble areas - hiring bias, unequal pay, educational barriers, on-the-job discrimination, etc. - and we talked about possible solutions, and what to do if you've faced racism or homophobia on the job. Check out the whole report here. In our Juicy Fruit segment this week, we talked about Minnesota college professor Shannon Gibney, who was reprimanded by Minneapolis Community and Technical College administrators after white student's complained about her lessons on structural racism. Some of her white male students interrupted Professor Gibney's Intro to Mass Communication class and accused her of demonizing white men. The college agreed, and Gibney told the college newspaper it's happened before. "As a vocal, black female, younger-looking […] faculty member here, unfortunately this is not the first time I’ve actually had multiple verbal and institutional attacks on me by white males," she said, "whether they were students, faculty, administration or staff." We also we talked about the online popularity of the Sharkeisha video and what it says about the media we consume as entertainment, and reflected on the death of actor Paul Walker.