Episode #319: Freedom of Speech!
Grace and Alvina discuss some recent events surrounding the Freedom of Speech, including late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel being pulled from the air temporarily. They talk about censorship and cancel culture.
For the Fortune Cookie segment, they talk about Slate.com's recent "25 Greatest Picture Books of the Last 25 years." And they end as they always do with what they're grateful for.
“How have you been?”
Grace had a great time in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Grace mentions “This is Not My Hat.” from a trivia question she answered. She also spoke at Yu & Me Books, a wonderful Asian American bookstore. Peach Tao did a mural on the side of that building. Grace also signed stock at Book of Wonder in NYC and had dinner with her author friends Kate Milford and Adam Gidwitz. Alvina loved having dinner with their childhood friend Abby who lives in Queens.
Freedom of Speech
Grace and Alvina talk about the Jimmy Kimmel show being pulled off the air. “How did you feel when you fist heard the news?”
Fortune Cookie Segment
Slate.com (Slate Plus) had a segment on The Best 25 Greatest pictures Books of the Past 25 Years. Little Brown had two books on this list: Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill and The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney. Other mentions: Dim Sum Palace by X.Fang, Chinese Menu by Grace Lin, Lisa Yee’s Maizy Chen’s Last Chance, Ben Yokoyama and The Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr, Dreamers by Yuyi Morales, Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson, Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest by Pheobe Wahl , Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford, and The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak, Olivia by Ian Falconer, and The Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de le Péna.
Tell Me About…
Alvina talks about Chris Colfer’s sequel to Roswell Johnson Saves the World….Roswell Johnson Saves the Galaxy!
Gratefuls
Grace ordered her Moon Festival cookies early but the orders all cancelled due to the tariffs. She is grateful for Weee! Asian American markets where she could place an order! Alvina is grateful for hopeful acts and kind words.
THANK YOU!
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