Ep 365 - Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson

Overdue

Headgum

Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

CW: This week’s book revolves around sexual assault, which we discuss in the episode. We don’t read the specific passage and we try to be as general as possible, but feel free to skip this one if you’re not up to it.

Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak is a pitch-perfect account of what it’s like to be Awkward In High School, in ways that are both funny and sad. That a two-decade-old novel still feels so relevant to our current cultural moment probably speaks poorly of us.

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0:00.0	This is a head gum podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	I just bet you do what?
0:45.0	There's a parade marching to the middle of our podcast.
0:57.2	Get out of your parade.
1:04.2	I dropped my trombone.
1:08.2	I won't get out.
1:12.2	I love a parade though.
1:16.2	It's true.
1:17.2	It's a podcast about the books you've been meeting to read.
1:21.2	My name is Craig.
1:22.2	What is wrong with you?
1:24.2	We are.
1:25.2	It's not a normal day for us to record.
1:32.2	We are recording this.
1:33.2	They don't know that at home.
1:34.2	But they like to know Andrew.
1:36.2	They like to know.
1:37.2	No, they like consistency.
1:39.2	It's like parenting.
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