Season 3, Episode 11: The Astonishing Color of After

This week the Besties are talking about The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan. Join the Besties as they talk about mental health issues, synesthesia and seeing all the colors, and how writing with an MFA differs from other writing. This episode has a trigger warning for severe depression and death by suicide. Listener discretion is advised.

Things talked about in this episode:

John Green’s video about banning his book: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cii95DBgoW0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Synesthesia by Andrew McMahon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfm1Gvlz12U

China’s Ghost Festival: https://oftaiwan.org/culture/ghost-festival/

Ghost Bride: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37103447

Updated Suicide statistics: https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/

Suicide and Crisis Life Line: https://988lifeline.org/

Carrie Fisher: https://carriefisher.com/mental-health-resources/

More About Carrie Fisher: https://slate.com/technology/2016/12/carrie-fisher-was-a-pioneer-in-mental-health-advocacy.html

Electroconvulsive Therapy: https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/electroconvulsive-therapy/about/pac-20393894

April’s GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/craftylibrarian10

Granted Series by Kendra Thomas (our guest October 4): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BRLGH8V?searchxofy=true&binding=kindle_edition&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tkin&qid=1663544158&sr=8-1