The Drip

The Drip Episode Six -- The Spoilers are Rumbling: Angie Thomas' THE HATE U GIVE

The All Spoilers Collective gets a little bit critical in this episode about a book we also like a lot. We find ourselves saying things like, "I cried but," or "the book is trying to do this, but." Let's just say there are a lot of "buts." While we praise this novel for putting black girls at the center, we have a lot of questions about the representation of radical activism and freedom movements, the consequences of snitching, and what it really means to move to the suburbs. There's also an aopologia for King, and Todd bags on the Fresh Prince maybe a little too much. You're going to love this hot little episode in which the Collective gets as prickly as they ever have. 

The Drip Episode Five -- Corsets, Shamblers, and Metaphors: Justina Ireland's DREAD NATION

In this episode, the All Spoilers Collective recognizes both Jane and Katherine's bad-assedness while also tackling zombies, the definition of YA literature, boarding schools, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, and the power of corsets. It is our first episode at Cahoots Coffee Bar in St. Paul and we're outside, so you, our loyal listeners get to hear us dodge planes, ambulances, and window air conditioners. Don't worry, you can hear the team brilliance (confusion?) pretty well. All aboard the train to Spoilerland!

Driplet #1: We Just Can't

In this extremely short episode, Anita and Todd talk about why the collective decided not to discuss Junot Diaz's book for our next show. We also discuss YA literature, the tragic closing of Lake Coffee House, and our fantastic new recording equipment. And fInally -- we announce the new books for July.

The Drip Episode Four: Audre Lorde's ZAMI: A NEW SPELLING OF MY NAME

In this episode we talk about everything Audre Lorde -- language and silence, anger and love, intersectionality, bermuda shorts and dungarees, historical texts and literary ones, and how every woman Audre ever loved left "her print" on her. Listen to the crew as we rediscover one of the great books of African American Studies.

The Drip Episode Three: Eve Ewing's ELECTRIC ARCHES

In this episode we explain why you should read poetry, learn all about Crystal's days as a youth recitation specialist, and try not to cry as we discuss and read from Eve Ewing's new collection, Electric Arches.

The Drip Episode Two: Jesmyn Ward's SING, UNBURIED, SING

The Drip is back for another hot episode in which: Crystal diplomatically disagrees, Adriana wonders what a plait is, Anita takes over as show host, and Todd bungles a fifteen second history of African American literature! Oh -- and of course, we talk about Jesmyn Ward's novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing. You're going to love this one. We've got new music, we're a tad more organized, and we've kept the whole thing to under an hour -- just like a real podcast. You don't want to miss it!

The Drip: Episode One: Octavia Butler's KINDRED

In our first episode, your intrepid professors try their hand at recording themselves waxing philosophic about Octavia Butler's classic novel, Kindred. The results are wonderful and devastating (possibly an exaggeration).