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From KQED.

Thank you. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Nina Kim.

Coming up on forum, we'll take your questions about how to navigate the unknowns around

the Omicron variant as we enter the holidays with Bob

Wachter, chair of UCSF's Department of Medicine.

And Vanita Blackburn's new short story collection explores what Blackburn calls the physicality

of girlhood, girls changing bodies and desires, their athleticism and their fierce protection of each other in the

face of threats. It's titled How to Ressel a Girl. Vinita Blackburn joins us right after this

news. This is Forum. I'm Nina Kim. To all the wild, mad girls, that's to whom Benita Blackburn

dedicates her new short story collection titled How to Ressel a Girl. It explores what it means to be a teen on the cusp of change, who's maybe athletic, strong,

queer, acutely aware of gender expectations.

Raised in Compton, Manita Blackburn is a creative writing professor at Cal State Fresno.

Her previous award-winning collection is Black Jesus and other superheroes.

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