As we all are experiencing the transition back into normality since COVID-19 has turned this world upside-down, staying healthy has been the main focus recently. Dr. Valerie Phillips, a naturopathic doctor, gives us some expert advice on supporting the immune system, staying heal ...Show more
Episode6-IDoWhatIWant1
Grim Greetings! Every so often we will do an episode called "I Do What I Want," a series featuring episodes on a lighter note, no book reports, just talking. We are giving you Grim Heathens a break from the doom and gloom (ourselves too). Listen in as we discuss The Witcher, Twil ...Show more
Episode5-TheBalladOfBlackTom
Victor LaVelle's The Ballad of Black Tom (2016) illustrates weird fiction at its finest. Listen in as we discuss the author, the story that inspired this one, Cthululu mythos, H. P. Lovecraft's controversial legacy, and of course an array of topics that make us go on tangents. Tr ...Show more
Episode4-BlessMeUltima
Grim Greetings! Listen to us discuss the coming-of-age story Bless Me Ultima (1972) by Chicano author Rudolpho Anaya. Trigger Warning(s): 1) SPOILERS 2) foul language 3) disturbing topics. Acoustics were written, recorded, and composed by David Gamble. Stay reading Grim Heathens!
Episode3-LongWayDown
This week we discuss Jason Reynolds' young adult novel Long Way Down (2017). We address stats of gun violence in rural communities, generational trauma, toxic masculinity, lost loved ones, and mental health as well as adult cartoons, parallels from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Ca ...Show more