BSG #120: Why Are You White? / Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker

BSG #120: Why Are You White? / Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker

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June 10, 2026 · 1h 21m

About this episode

The Book Squad discusses Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker, exploring themes of genre and authorial intent.

Are we ghosts? Find out with us as the Book Squad chats about Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker! We ask “What is gothic, anyway?” and discuss the dual timelines, genre mixing, why Lee was a white guy, and who was masterminding this whole thing. We would have then gotten into listener feedback but we DIDN’T HAVE ANY and that’s on you. Do better next time. Speaking of next time, our next Othersode featuring Samantha Allen, author of Puck , will be dropping on June 23. We’ll be talking about the Amanda Bynes classic She’s the Man . Then read along with us for our next Bookpisode about The Body by Bethany C. Morrow on July 7! If you read this entire description, the least you can do is go over to Apple Podcasts and write us a lil review. Thanks bye! TOC :30 – Icebreaker – and Mary’s not here womp womp 8:30 – Book intro 10:31 – Let’s talk about genre 16:56 – How did you feel about the scary imagery? 27:15 – Pacing, things that were taken for granted 38:30 – Our troubling Lee 43:45 – Let’s talk about Hina 1:01:23 – The author’s note 1:10:00 – Ratings 1:15:23 – What’s up next??

People in this episode

Guest: Samantha Allen

Topics covered

  • Japanese Gothic
  • gothic genre
  • dual timelines
  • genre mixing
  • listener feedback

Keywords

  • Japanese Gothic
  • Kylie Lee Baker
  • gothic
  • genre mixing
  • listener feedback

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Japanese Gothic, Puck, She’s the Man, The Body

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