(Recorded August 25, 2017)
We’re very proud to bring you this exclusive interview with award winning author JASON REYNOLDS, writer of the New York Times bestselling novel Miles Morales: Spider-Man!
Given the current state of affairs, this is a timely book that lends itself to good conversation about tough topics. In this episode, Jason shares his insight on writing for someone else’s character and finding a way to put his own stamp on it. We get into how the book considers big ideas like identity, truth, family, courage, the need for masks, and of course, power and responsibility. We also learn how all of us have the power of Spidey-Sense, and discuss how in this day and age, it’s more important than ever to get into “good trouble.”

This was such an interesting and wide-ranging conversation with a talented and generous writer.  We hope that you enjoy this interview!
Stuff that we’d mentioned in this episode:

Poetry:

Sijo
Villanelle
Sestina
Haiku


Yale School of Medicine: Implicit bias may help explain high preschool expulsion rates for black children
This American Life: Is This Working?
Prison Industrial Complex and School to Prison Pipeline
Jefferson Davis
Miles Davis
Ganke…or Genki?
“We Wear The Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Congressman John Lewis; Also: March (graphic novel autobiography)
Black Panther by Ta-Nahesi Coates
Mockingbird by Chelsea Cain
Man-Thing by RL Stine
Jason’s upcoming books:

Patina
Long Way Down


Recommended Reads:

Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Solo by Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
Love by Matt de la Peña
Simple’s Uncle Sam by Langston Hughes


Cover artist: Kadir Nelson
Miles Morales: Spider-Man‘s third week on NYT Young Adult Fiction Bestseller List
Kirkus Review of Miles Morales: Spider-Man
Superior Spider-Talk Review of Miles Morales: Spider-Man

You can find Jason at:

jasonwritesbooks.com
Jason on Twitter and Instagram
Poetry: iamjasonreynolds.com

MAJOR THANKS to Jason for taking the time out of his busy schedule to chat with us!
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