Activism is Personal: An Interview with Writer and Author Emily Barth Isler

02/02/2024 1h 1min

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Episode Synopsis

This episode of Megan's Bookish Life is inspiring, heartbreaking, and eye opening. Emily Barth Isler, who is a journalist, activist, and author (among so much more) joins the podcast in a discussion that will have you nodding your head in the midst of realizing how true Emily's words are.
DISCLAIMER: THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED IN EARLY 2023. The topics are still, and will always be, relevant to any year.
We start this episode talking about how she came into journalism after realizing that her formative career wasn't cutting it for her. Emily spills about her career from blogger to mother to author and everything in between.
In the second half of the episode, Emily shares about how her middle grade book, After Math, released in 2021, is about gun violence and she dives deep in this podcast episode about how this topic affects everyone as a society, whether it be publishers trying to change After Math to not depict the theme of gun violence or how registering to vote can start a path of change.

Emily's Links:
Please click on Emily's LinkTree on Instagram to find so many resources.
Instagram: @EmilyBarthIsler
Website: EmilyBarthIsler.com
Preorder her new book, The Color Of Sound, coming March 5th, on Amazon
Buy After Math on Amazon
Article discussed in this episode: Ending Gun Violence is an Inherently Jewish Responsibility

Megan's Links:
Instagram: @Megansbookishlifepodcast
Website: Megan's Bookish Life Podcast


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