Tales From The Trunk

This time around, I'm joined by multi-award-nominated-and-winning author Sam J. Miller (@sentencebender)! Sam reads from his trunked novel, Blue Matter, which leads us into a great conversation about YA, the ways that genre books are in conversation with each other, and why we're ultimately glad that our journeys as creators have been the shapes they are.   Things we mention in this episode: The Art of Starving, by Sam J. Miller Blackfish City, by Sam J. Miller The Blade Between, by Sam J. Miller Michael Pollan  Ted Chiang  The Clarion Workshop  Octavia Butler  Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro John Bellairs  Joan Aiken  The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier The Butter Battle Book, by Dr. Seuss Mutual assured destruction  The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss RuPaul's Drag Race  Aikido  Be the Serpent, Episode 91  Beowulf, translated by Maria Dahvana Headley Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien The Odyssey, by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson Iambic pentameter  "The