FRANCESA LIA BLOCK on Finding Rhythm Through Word /323

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🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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This week, Ayana is joined by Francesca Lia Block in a heartfelt conversation recognizing the search for self and love through magic, literature, and deeply-felt presence. Francesca brings listeners into her writing practices as she navigates centering beauty in a world of intensity. Moving through the depths of empathy, pleasure, and presence, Francesca considers passion as a practice of gratitude to the world around us. As she discusses her most recent book House of Hearts, with Ayana, she emphasizes the healing and growth that comes from examining ourselves and our passions deeply. As we journey through life, what mentors, books, and practices give us the inspiration we need to keep moving forward?

Francesca Lia Block, M.F.A., is the author of more than twenty-five books of fiction, non-fiction, short stories and poetry, and has written screenplay adaptations of her work. She received the Spectrum Award, the Phoenix Award, the ALA Rainbow Award and the 2005 Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as other citations from the American Library Association and from the New York Times Book Review, School Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly.

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0:47.6	Hello and welcome to For the Wild podcast. I'm Ayanna Young. Today I'm speaking with Francesca
0:54.1	Leah Block. Magic like art, like love, you know, it is a practice.
0:59.9	They're all one thing to me, frankly, but it is a practice and it takes a lot of work and daily
1:07.2	diligence to commit to them and we're being pulled. I mean, I'm constantly being pulled away,
1:14.0	not just by the things I have to do to survive, but also the things that I don't have to do,
1:21.9	that somehow seduce me into thinking that I need them to survive. So Francesca Leah Block,
1:29.4	MFA is the author of more than 25 books of fiction, nonfiction, short stories and poetry,
1:36.4	and has written screenplay adaptations for her work. She received the Spectrum Award,
1:41.5	the Phoenix Award, the ALA Rainbow Award, and the 2005 Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award,
1:49.6	as well as other citations from the American Library Association and from the New York Times book
1:55.6	review school library journal and publishers weekly. Oh Francesca, thank you so much for being
2:03.7	with us today. I'm really looking forward to slowing down and having a really good and deep
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