s2e2 – Heritage and Pain

SHOW NOTES

s2e2
February 21, 2024

Jen Soriano talks about nerves and healing with Tony Robles. Jen Soriano joins Tony Robles in the audio garden to talk about the journey of writing Nervous, Essays on Heritage and Healing, a book that will be helpful to anyone in any kind of pain. The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison, is discussed in our Banned Book segment this week. Martha talks about the support of writing groups on the journey to getting her novel published.

HOST: Martha Cinader. GUEST: Jen Soriano CONTRIBUTOR: Tony Robles. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: DJ Jeannie Hopper. EDITING: Jeremiah Cothren. MUSIC: Jay Rodriguez Sierra. Banned Book Theme by DJ Jeannie Hopper with the voice and words of Yvette Murray.

GUESTS

Jen Soriano

Jen Soriano is known for her innovative creative non-fiction which has earned her Pushcart and Best of the Net nominations, as well as prizes from The Center for Women Writers and Fugue Literary Journal. A narrative strategist and leader she has helped build social justice institutions including MediaJustice and ReFrame. She generates moving art both on stage and on the page.

FEATURED BOOKS

Jen Soriano, Writer

Lan Duong is Associate Professor in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Treacherous Subjects: Gender, Culture, and Trans-Vietnamese Feminism and coeditor of Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora: Troubling Borders in Literature and Art. Her poetry has appeared in Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry and Prose, Bold Words: Asian American Writing…
Nervous

Activist Jen Soriano brings to light the lingering impacts of transgenerational trauma and uses science, history, and family stories to flow toward transformation in this powerful collection that brings together the lyric storytelling, cultural exploration, and thoughtful analysis of The Argonauts, The Woman Warrior, What My Bones Know, and Minor Feelings.
s2e1 Writing Resolutions

Welcome to Season 2 of the Listen & Be Heard Hour for Writers and Readers. The getting published aspect of writing is going to be my personal theme for the year. We appeal to our listeners for quotes about banned books, talk about writers’ responsibility to address climate change and dig up an L&BH open…
s2e2 – Heritage and Pain

Jen Soriano on Nervous, Essays of Heritage and Healing, The Bluest Eye is the featured Banned Book, the value of Writing Groups and Spoken word by activist Bree Newsome and more…

FEATURED SPOKEN WORD

Toni Morrison, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Bluey, Horace Silver, King Pleasure and Bree Newsome.

VIDEOS

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SUBMISSIONS

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BANNED BOOKS

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in schools and libraries in the USA.

PEN America reported ‘While the movement to ban books is driven by a vocal minority demanding censorship, a 2022 poll conducted by The American Library Association found that over 70% of parents oppose book banning leaving many public school districts in a bind. We invite you to share your voice on the banning of books in schools and libraries in the USA.

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