S3 E6: Paola Mendoza, Abby Sher & Please Vote!

Claribel and Kat discuss how to refill the creative well
(especially considering how stressful current events are on the
creative mind). Then they interview NYT bestselling author and
activist Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher about their new YA novel
Sanctuary, making a statement with your art, envisioning a
diverse future where we center minority narratives.


Bio: Abby Sher is a writer and performer whose
work has appeared in Modern Love: 50 True and Extraordinary Tales
of Desire, Deceit, and Devotion and Behind the Bedroom Door:
Getting it, Giving it, Loving it, Missing it as well as in The
New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Self, Jane, Elle, HeeB and
Redbook. She is also the author of the young adult novel Kissing
Snowflakes. Abby has written and performed for the Second City in
Chicago and the Upright Citizen’s Brigade and Magnet Theater in
New York. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.


Follow Abby Online: Twitter | Instagram |
Website


Bio: Paola Mendoza is a film director, activist,
author, and artist working at the leading edge of human rights. A
co-founder of the Women's March, Paola served as its Artistic
Director and co-authored the New York Times bestseller Together
We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World.


Follow Paola Online: Twitter | Instagram


Order Sanctuary


Mentions:


Register to Vote: https://www.usa.gov/register-to-vote


Vote by mail: http://votesaveamerica.com/everylastvote/


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Instagram | Youtube


Order GHOST SQUAD


Add FRIZZY on Goodreads


www.claribelortega.com


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YouTube


Order WICKED FOX!


Order VICIOUS SPIRITS (sequel to WICKED FOX)


www.katchowrites.com


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