Episode 121: Grown (New Reads November)

Grown

For Week Three of New Reads November, Alli and her guest dive into a discussion about Tiffany D. Jackson’s latest YA novel, Grown. Published in September 2020, Grown tells the story of an aspiring singer named Enchanted Jones who is swept into the scary world of beloved superstar Korey Fields. It’s a commentary on power and influence and race and the way our society treats victims of sexual assault — and it offers so much important food for thought in this conversation!

(Trigger warning: sexual abuse, rape, assault, child abuse, kidnapping, addiction)

Hayley Krischer is a journalist whose work has been published in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Marie Claire, Lenny Letter, and more. Her debut novel — Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf — is now available. Follow her on Instagram (@hayleykrischer) and Twitter (@hayleykrischer).

CHECK OUT HAYLEY’S BOOK:

Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf

CHECK OUT HAYLEY’S BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller

Parachutes by Kelly Yang

The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

Luster: A Novel by Raven Leilani

Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh

MORE READING:

“Where Are the Unlikeable Female Characters in Young Adult Fiction?” (Lit Hub, 2020) <— an interview between the author and this week’s guest!

“Q&A With Tiffany D. Jackson, Grown” (We Need Diverse Books, 2020)

“Tiffany D. Jackson’s Grown Is Essential Reading” (Teen Vogue, 2020)

“How Tiffany D. Jackson’s Novel Grown Was Inspired By Real Life” (Shondaland, 2020)

“Review: Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson” (Dear Author, 2020)

“Grown” (Kirkus, 2020)

“Grown” (Publishers Weekly, 2020)

“Laurie Halse Anderson and Tiffany Jackson discuss YA and the Me Too movement” (Entertainment Weekly, 2020)

“Stop Calling Young Black Girls Grown. They’re Kids” (Cosmopolitan, 2020)

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