Middle Grade Matters

90 Episodes

1. Ep. 56: Adam Rosenbaum on Navigating Grief and Ghosts in Middle Grade

   Published: 8/13/2024
2. Ep. 55: Amar Shah on Writing a Middle Grade Sports Book

   Published: 8/6/2024
3. Ep. 54: Jennifer Blecher (Listen to This) on Writing Big Emotions - Including for Boys

   Published: 7/30/2024
4. Ep. 53: Nedda Lewers on Writing Fantasy That Shows Children the Bigger World

   Published: 7/23/2024
5. Ep. 52: Caroline Carlson on Writing a Funny and Adventurous Anti-Fairy Tale

   Published: 7/16/2024
6. Ep. 51: Rhonda Roumani on the Power of Art as Activism in her Debut Middle Grade

   Published: 6/18/2024
7. Ep. 50: Gennifer Choldenko on Persistence, Collaboration, and Writing a Page-Turner

   Published: 6/11/2024
8. Ep. 49: Ritu Hemnani on Verse Novels, TED Talks, and the Partition of India

   Published: 6/4/2024
9. Ep. 48: Dan Gemeinhart on Coyote Sunrise and his Love of Storytelling

   Published: 5/28/2024
10. Ep. 47: Kirby Larson and Quinn Wyatt on Chronic Illness, Empathy, and Writing

    Published: 5/21/2024
11. [LISTEN AGAIN] Ep. 45: Justina Chen (With Twice the Love, Dessie Mai) on Identity, Belonging, and Twinning.

    Published: 5/14/2024
12. Ep. 44: Alicia D. Williams on Grief, Toxic Masculinity, and the Power of Friendship

    Published: 4/30/2024
13. Ep. 43: Literary Agents 101 with Author Polly Holyoke

    Published: 4/23/2024
14. Ep. 42: Laurie Morrison (Keeping Pace) on Sports, Romance, and High-Achieving Kids in Upper Middle Grade

    Published: 4/16/2024
15. Ep. 41: Colleen Oakes on Being a Second Favorite Daughter and Selling a Middle Grade Book on Proposal

    Published: 4/9/2024
16. Ep. 40: Allie Millington (Olivetti) on Writing from the Perspective of a Typewriter

    Published: 4/2/2024
17. Ep. 39: Ali Terese on Period Equity, Taking Action, and Humor in Writing.

    Published: 3/26/2024
18. Ep. 38: Ridley Pearson on Writing for Disney and Not Being Afraid to Write Wrong

    Published: 3/19/2024
19. Ep. 37: Emily Barth Isler on Music and Neurodiversity in Middle Grade

    Published: 3/5/2024
20. Ep. 35: Ruth Behar on Writing Middle Grade, Being a Cultural Anthropologist, and Salsa Dancing

    Published: 2/20/2024