Patreon Preview! Dumps Revisited: Go Ask Alice

About this episode

In this episode, Ryan revisits the controversial book 'Go Ask Alice' and discusses related works.

This is a preview of the latest episode of our Patreon exclusive side-series, Dumps Revisited. For the full episode visit  patreon.com/culturedumps On this edition of Dumps Revisited we revisit episode 20 which was all about the book “Go Ask Alice. ” The notorious y/a novel that has become required reading in some schools and banned in others has been the center of controversy for decades. In more recent years, the controversy has become centered around the book’s author, Beatrice Sparks. On this episode Ryan discusses the books “Unmask Alice” and more importantly, “Jay’s Journal.” Hail Satan.

People in this episode

Host: Ryan

Topics covered

• Patreon exclusive
• Dumps Revisited
• Go Ask Alice
• Beatrice Sparks
• controversy
• young adult literature

Keywords

• Go Ask Alice
• Beatrice Sparks
• Unmask Alice
• Jay’s Journal
• young adult literature
• controversy
• Dumps Revisited

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Go Ask Alice, Unmask Alice, Jay’s Journal

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