The TradeWaiters 109: “As the Crow Flies” by Mel Gillman

For this episode on As the Crow Flies, by Mel Gillman, Jam, Jeff, and JD are joined by Ryan Estrada. We talk about one of Ryan’s favourite banned books. Is this a thoughtful story of alienation, doubt, microaggressions, and faith? Or is it, as one book banner summed it up, just “gender chaos?” We’ll talk about the power of traditional media (by which I mean pencil crayons), libraries, and how not to be uncomfortable in nature.

Also mentioned in this episode:
Stage Dreams by Mel Gillman
Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyung-Ju, and Ryan Estrada
No Rules Tonight by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada
Occulted by Amy Rose, Ryan Estrada, and Jeongmin Lee
Student Ambassador and Broken Telephone, also written or edited by Ryan Estrada
Travellers created by Brad Wright
Can I Get a Witness directed by Ann Marie Fleming
Witchlight by Jessi Zabarsky
Zen Shorts by John J. Muth
and The Inscrutable Doctor Baer and the Case of the Two-Faced Statue by Jerzy Drozd