Rereading Our Childhood
Writer Alex Poppe joins us to talk about Deenie [https://bookshop.org/p/books/deenie-judy-blume/158771562a609221?ean=9781481410366&next=t], Judy Blume’s 1973 novel about a girl, pigeonholed as the pretty one in her family, whose life is thrown off track when she’s diagnosed with scoliosis. Alex is the author most recently of the memoir Breakfast Wine [https://bookshop.org/p/books/breakfast-wine-alex-poppe/a213ede7cd61abc9?ean=9781627205948&next=t]. Other books by Judy Blume: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret [https://bookshop.org/p/books/are-you-there-god-it-s-me-margaret-judy-blume/118d507e90c57dfd?ean=9781481409933&next=t] The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-one-in-the-middle-is-the-green-kangaroo-judy-blume/bcf54666d0887857?ean=9781481411318&next=t] Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great [https://bookshop.org/p/books/otherwise-known-as-sheila-the-great-judy-blume/64d04128cbe9f457?ean=9780142408797&next=t] Forever [https://bookshop.org/p/books/forever-judy-blume/8bcc819c347053dd?ean=9781481414432&next=t] Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing [https://bookshop.org/p/books/tales-of-a-fourth-grade-nothing-judy-blume/d81dc0d78b17d548?ean=9780142408810&next=t] Then Again, Maybe I Won’t [https://bookshop.org/p/books/then-again-maybe-i-won-t-judy-blume/580fa9471f55a538?ean=9781481413657&next=t] It’s Not the End of the World [https://bookshop.org/p/books/it-s-not-the-end-of-the-world-judy-blume/5e2a767d8eb849f8?ean=9781481411165&next=t] Blubber [https://bookshop.org/p/books/blubber-judy-blume/f5e1ff06eba572e0?ean=9781481410137&next=t] (this is the book Alex couldn’t remember the name of) In the Unlikely Event [https://bookshop.org/p/books/in-the-unlikely-event-a-novel-judy-blume/8256bfb4bce33e70?ean=9781101873984&next=t] (this is the adult novel we couldn’t remember the name of) Also mentioned: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, the 2023 movie (trailer here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzRzojHC3iE]) Judy Blume: A Life [https://bookshop.org/p/books/judy-blume-a-life-mark-oppenheimer/2bf077d5b300925c?ean=9780593714447&next=t] by Mark Oppenheimer New Yorker review [https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/judy-blume-a-life-and-the-problem-of-biography] of Judy Blume: A Life by Katy Waldman Otherwise Known as Judy the Great [https://bookshop.org/p/books/otherwise-known-as-judy-the-great-a-poetic-ode-to-judy-blume-selina-alko/6ef2765fbed70542?ean=9780316570633&next=t] by Selina Alko, children’s biography of Judy Blume Michigan Daily article about Deenie [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/b-side/deenie-my-crooked-spine-and-why-judy-blume-is-my-hero/] by Rebecca Smith, a student with scoliosis To Kill a Mockingbird [https://bookshop.org/p/books/to-kill-a-mockingbird-harper-lee/e4db1b064c8dd758?ean=9780060935467&next=t] by Harper Lee Recommended for fans of Deenie: Alex: Fight Night [https://bookshop.org/p/books/fight-night-miriam-toews/39b3668fe3e4fbe8?ean=9781635579789&next=t] by Miriam Toews; “The River Nemanus,” a short story by Anthony Doerr from the collection Memory Wall [https://bookshop.org/p/books/memory-wall-stories-anthony-doerr/1ad977dfbd5cfe20?ean=9781439182840&next=t] Mary Grace: Karen [https://bookshop.org/p/books/karen-a-true-story-told-by-her-mother-marie-killilea/410bf2e45c53fce3?ean=9781504053303&next=t]and With Love from Karen [https://bookshop.org/p/books/with-love-from-karen-marie-killilea/432fa6f0f1391e28?ean=9781504053310&next=t] by Marie Killilea (MG) Deborah: Braced [https://bookshop.org/p/books/braced-alyson-gerber/2fdff9bcc63175d5?ean=9780545907613&next=t] by Alison Gerber Previous podcast episode: Rereading Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret [https://rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/episodes/12873352-rereading-are-you-there-god-it-s-me-margaret-by-judy-blume] You can find Alex at alexpoppeauthor.com [https://alexpoppeauthor.com/], Deborah at deborahkalb.com [https://www.deborahkalb.com/] and Mary Grace at My Life 100 Years Ago [https://mylife100yearsago.com/]. This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting [https://www.bespokenpodcasting.com/]. Podcast website at rereadingourchildhood.com [https://rereadingourchildhood.com/]
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