Ep 157: Alex London 2.0

Alex London--author of the Proxy Series, the Wild Ones series, and more, about his new young adult novel, BLACK WINGS BEATING--talks about the patriarchal influence on narrative structure, considering queer heroism, being terrified of coming back to YA, and why Jonathan Franzen owes him a thank you note.   Alex London Show Notes Alex London's first episode of First Draft The Wild Ones Junior Library Guild The Adventures of Wrong Man and Power Girl Hope Nation edited by Rose Brock Ursula K. le Guin H is for Hawk by Helen McDonald The Once and Future King by T. H. White Mike Dupuy Hawk Food Mary Fran Rash, Owner of Main Street Books in St. Charles, MO YALLFEST Adam Gidwitz Neal Shusterman Jason Reynolds Will Kostakis (listen to his First Draft episode here)