Book Besties Season 3, Episode 11- The Astonishing Color of After

Book Besties Season 3, Episode 11- The Astonishing Color of AfterThis week the Besties are talking about The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan. Join the Besties as they talk about mental health issues, synesthesia and seeing all the colors, and how writing with an MFA differs from other writing. This episode has a trigger warning for severe depression and death by suicide. Listener discretion is advised. Things talked about in this episode:John Green’s video about banning his book: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cii95DBgoW0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Synesthesia by Andrew McMahon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfm1Gvlz12U China’s Ghost Festival: https://oftaiwan.org/culture/ghost-festival/Ghost Bride: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37103447 Updated Suicide statistics: https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/Suicide and Crisis Life Line: https://988lifeline.org/ Carrie Fisher: https://carriefisher.com/mental-health-resources/More About Carrie Fisher: https://slate.com/technology/2016/12/carrie-fisher-was-a-pioneer-in-mental-health-advocacy.html Electroconvulsive Therapy: https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/electroconvulsive-therapy/about/pac-20393894 April’s GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/craftylibrarian10 Granted Series by Kendra Thomas (our guest October 4): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BRLGH8V?searchxofy=true&binding=kindle_edition&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tkin&qid=1663544158&sr=8-1 Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.