The Queer & Trans Nonfiction Podcast
Episode 17: Jesse James Rose
An equally funny and insightful conversation with writer and actor Jesse James Rose, in which we discuss topics such as: the inclusion of content warnings, the ways in which sexual violence is portrayed in media, developing a style of prose that mimics the feeling of PTSD, humor as hope, EMDR therapy, braiding together themes or topics that are not necessarily related outside the narrative, who gets to decide which kind of violence is acceptable or not, fictionalized conversations in creative nonfiction, the concept of “emotional chronology,” the non-linear nature of trauma and healing, writing “what-ifs,” creating a literary version of the inside of your brain as an author, using “internet speak” to convey the time period, loveable trans masc tropes, writing a book for our community and not for commercial success, composite characters, the intersectionality of gender-marginalized people’s experiences, different takeaways from different readers, and lots of 9/11. Writers/Books/Things to Check Out mentioned in this episode: Game of Thrones, Promising Young Woman, The Me Too Movement, Toni Morrison, Tumblr, Literally Show Me a Healthy Person by Darcie Wilder, Open Secrets Magazine/Live, Patricia Lockwood, Mollie Glick, In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, The Invite, StoryGraph, Rebecca Solnit, KB Brookins, Heart the Lover by Lily King, The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, Publisher's Weekly, Publisher's Marketplace, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh Links: Jesse's Website Intro/Outro Music by Lin Lin's Bandcamp Lin's Spotify
