Chalk + Ink: Episode 79; Veracity, Voice, and Vulnerability with Josh Galarza

I apologize for the delay in getting the fall episodes posted on my website. One of the tricky aspects of my new job is I have to leave my house more than an hour earlier to get to school. As a result, I've lost a lot of morning writing time, which I used to take advantage of to update my website.

The other change is in order to be more inclusive I'm committing to including a transcript with each one-on-one interview. The service I use is pretty accurate, but I need to clean up the transcripts before publishing them. This may not sound like a big deal but each transcript is about 30 pages. So, it takes a while to make each transcript fit for public consumption. The awesome aspect is that editing the transcripts makes me smile because it reminds me how much I enjoyed each conversation and that each episode is packed with gems for listeners. On a craft note, editing interview transcripts is also a mini-craft workshop in voice, which Josh talks about so elegantly in the soundbite below.

Without further ado, here is the post for Josh's interview.

Veracity, Voice, and Vulnerability with Josh Galarza

Debut author and National Book Award finalist, Josh Galarza, talks about the importance of veracity, voice, and vulnerability in this episode, all of which are embedded into his heartfelt, hilarious, and heartbreaking debut, The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky.

In addition to Josh's amazing book that shines a spotlight on boys and disordered eating, we talked about three other books that also open up this much needed conversation:

All of Me by Chris Baron
​A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner
Louder than Hunger by John Schu

Josh also recommends Breaking into Sunlight by John Cochran, which is a middle grade novel that shines a light on another tough issue, parental substance abuse and is also an Indies Introduce book.