Colored Pages Book Club

Hey Literary Listeners!! The dynamic duo is at it once again in another episode of the Colored Pages Book Club: Summer Short addition!! That’s right--Ako and Marci are taking a detour this summer through all sorts of literary works! And this week we are exploring the comic memoir Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi.

TRIGGER WARNING: This comic has elements of war, violence, and references to sexual assault. The beginning of the episode is silly and fun, but the discussion gets pretty serious starting around the summary. Please listen with care.

Tomfoolery: 0:00 - 1:30

Intro/Cultural Context: 1:40 - 26:02

Summary: 26:22 - 52:30

Discussion: 52:43 - 1:24:05

Hello, colorful cast of characters! Your favorite duo is back and this week is a delightful fusion of two book clubs masquerading as podcasts -- that's right, we have on the hilarious, insightful, and wonderful, SJW Comic Book Club Podcast! And this week, we will be reading Bingo Love by Tee Franklin. So join Monte, Veronica, Melissa, Marci, and Ako as they swoon and chuckle over this adorable queer, Black, inter-generational love story, and guess what? It's just in time for Valentine's Day! Maybe share this episode with someone you're bingo-crushing on ;)

Intro: 00:18 - 28:47

Summary: 29:07 - 50:16

Discussion: 50:30 - 1:39:43

Also please, please, please show our friends over at SJW some love! They are some of our favorite people! Check them out wherever you listen to podcasts and follow them on social media using @sjwcomicscast on all platforms! In fact, here's their linktree: https://linktr.ee/sjwcomicspodcast

Heads up cool kids, this one's a little deep, a little heavy, but very good! So join the dynamic duo as they discuss life, death, and anger in the second half of "Small Beauty". And yes, you guessed it, Hazel is BACK to snatch y'alls wigs in part 2!

Intro: 0:00 - 15:15

Summary: 15:30 - 48:30

Discussion: 48:40 - 1:26:30

Join your favorite Colorful Duo as we interview Larissa Lai, author of "Tiger Flu"! Listen to us discuss everything from the role of lovers in storytelling, coalition building and collateral damage, and the corporate machines that have been running countries long before the internet.

♫ Back seat, windows up, that's the way we like to READ ♫

Anyway, haiiiiiiii, your favorite book sorceresses are back with Part 2 of Larissa Lai's "Tiger Flu"! Grab some wine (or, actually, maybe not...) as we conclude our discussion on this ~interesting~ tale and talk about world-building, the politics of cheating death, our reading habits in high school, and SOOOOOO much MORE!

High School Discussion: 2:54 - 18:11

Plot Summary: 18:32 - 46:25

Discussion: 48:26 - 1:13:37 *Spoilers from the Black Mirror Episode "San Junipero" 1:01:44 - 1:02:52*

And the Blerds are back at it again this week with a sci-fi post-apocalypse story. We got clones, we got feminist communes, we got consumptive mother figures, we got predatory corporations, we got regeneration, and we got questions--oh, do we got questions! Join Marci and Ako as they take a tour through this novel and contemplate how to stop the apocalypse with love!

Intro/Discussion Question: 1:10 - 18:00

Plot Summary: 18:15 - 50:37

Story Discussion: 50:51 - 73:07

We know Halloween is next month, BUT we're coming at y'all with some Civil War historical fiction about a zombie apocalypse! Join us while we talk about what we ourselves would do in a zombie apocalypse, the complexities of passing privilege, rude-ass Ms. Anderson, and SO. MUCH. MORE.

Zombie Apocalypse Discussion: 2:58-12:02 (HEAVY spoilers to the movie "Train to Busan" from 6:20 - basically the end of the damn section lmao)

Plot Summary: 12:20 - 50:18

Discussion: 50:28 - 1:23:54

What's good lovebugs?! So, for the first time in CPBC history, we're actually going to be joined by a guest during our discussion section! This guest's name is Curtis and he is the creator of the podcast and website, I Found This Great Book! Join the three of us as we wrap up our discussion of "Dread Nation" and discuss how shamblers lowkey might be the good guys, how Jackson clearly has teleportation abilities, Sue's fall from relevance, and so much MORE!

Hypothetical Shambler Discussion: 3:42 - 9:24

Plot Summary: 9:40 - 49:19

Discussion WITH CURTIS: 49:29 - 1:39:42

Hello Beautiful Listeners! The dynamic duo is back for our second-ever Colored Pages Book Club Interview. This time our guest is the amazing Joamette Gil, editor of "Heartwood: Non-Binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy" and the driving force behind the independent publishing company Power & Magic Press.

Join us as we discuss Sailor Moon, the comics industry, Power & Magic Press' various anthologies, and stories that have touched and inspired us.

Also!

Oof chile, we are BACK for another week, this time to talk about the beautiful and melancholy "Small Beauty" :) Grab a snack and set on some mood lighting as we talk about the beauty of melancholic storytelling, Sandy's tendency to lowwwwkey do too much, and, of course, our queen, the goddess herself--Hazel Henrietta Jenkins (Middle and Last name might be slightly fabricated).

Intro/Discussion Question: 2:15 - 16:31

Plot Summary: 16:48 - 35:52

Book Discussion: 36:02 - 1:09:19