#SJYALit: Discussing GLORY O’BRIEN’S HISTORY OF THE FUTURE with A. S. King
Last night we had the pleasure of talking with author A. S. King as part of our #SJYALit Project. We talked feminism, politics and bats. The Twitter conversation is Storified for you below.
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This feels way too true #SJYALit https://twitter.com/CiteSomething/status/834919584683724804 …
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@shelfemployed #SJYALit The #womensmarch was amazing. Shows our strength. But our rights are being whittled once again. We must keep going.
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@shelfemployed #SJYALit I think things get better for women slowly. And none of us are safe if even one of us isn't.
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It's weird because they sexualize women, call us hosts, romanticize pregnancy, but don't want insurance to have to cover it. #SJYALit https://twitter.com/AS_King/status/834922145725759488 …
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@shelfemployed #SJYALit Yes. I was a non-consumerist for 10 years as I lived self sufficiently on a farm in Ireland. Now, minimalist.
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@shelfemployed #SJYALit I just can't stand how we're all bought and sold. It was, in a way, how we ended up in the political sit we're in.
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#sjyalit @CiteSomething I never drank it, though. I do now have an impressive collection of bats people send me. But no drinking them.
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8th graders here just had to pick a career & focus to sign up for High School! I'm like, what? @AS_King @CiteSomething #SJYALit https://twitter.com/CiteSomething/status/834923656329510912 …
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SMASH THE PATRIARCHY! #SJYALit (we made buttons) https://twitter.com/AS_King/status/834925020648468481 …
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We are trying to be more experience focused vs. stuff focused here. But it's hard because teens & peer pressure and stuff. #SJYALit https://twitter.com/AS_King/status/834925525026111488 …
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I find that teen readers are drawn to friendship stories because they are trying to navigate those just as much as romantic ones. #SJYALit https://twitter.com/AS_King/status/834925656685314049 …
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As a mother, how open should we be raising teen daughters I wonder? I find that I am very. I want my kid to know she's normal. #SJYALIt https://twitter.com/AS_King/status/834925903130034177 …
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I can't imagine how current political discussion are affecting both girl & boy perceptions of women. And they read it. #SJYALit https://twitter.com/as_king/status/834927470402908160 …
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Like what must it feel like to be a 14yrold girl & hear policy makers say you are a host, not a person. #SJYALit https://twitter.com/as_king/status/834927470402908160 …
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@CiteSomething Thank you. I was just talking to an astronomer this week and we geeked out about Sagan and I told her those words. She smiled
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@CiteSomething Thank you. I was just talking to an astronomer this week and we geeked out about Sagan and I told her those words. She smiled
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@indubitablyzara @CiteSomething Oh indeed. I have bats. Quite a few. They creep me out, but remind me that death and life are a second apart
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@indubitablyzara @CiteSomething Oh indeed. I have bats. Quite a few. They creep me out, but remind me that death and life are a second apart
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@shelfemployed In the works: A book. For 2018 all going well. Not quite sure how to explain it @ this point. It's weird. (As if.)
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@shelfemployed In the works: A book. For 2018 all going well. Not quite sure how to explain it @ this point. It's weird. (As if.)
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Publisher's Book Description:
In this masterpiece about freedom, feminism, and destiny, Printz Honor author A.S. King tells the epic story of a girl coping with devastating loss at long last–a girl who has no idea that the future needs her, and that the present needs her even more.
Graduating from high school is a time of limitless possibilities–but not for Glory, who has no plan for what’s next. Her mother committed suicide when Glory was only four years old, and she’s never stopped wondering if she will eventually go the same way…until a transformative night when she begins to experience an astonishing new power to see a person’s infinite past and future. From ancient ancestors to many generations forward, Glory is bombarded with visions–and what she sees ahead of her is terrifying: A tyrannical new leader raises an army. Women’s rights disappear. A violent second civil war breaks out. And young girls vanish daily, sold off or interned in camps. Glory makes it her mission to record everything she sees, hoping her notes will somehow make a difference. She may not see a future for herself, but she’ll do anything to make sure this one doesn’t come to pass.
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About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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