Chris Baron on Passover Anthology "On All Other Nights" and Wildfire Verse Novel "Spark"
About this episode
Dr. Elisabeth Paige interviews Chris Baron about his works related to Passover and California wildfires.
Dr. Elisabeth Paige interviews middle grade author and English professor Chris Baron about two recent books: the Passover anthology "On All Other Nights," which he co-edited with Joshua Levy and Naomi Milliner, and his verse novel "Spark" about California wildfires. Baron discusses his preference for poetry, his writing journey into middle grade, and why certain stories choose verse versus prose and vice versa. He explains Passover’s meaning, family traditions, and how the anthology maps shor...
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Elisabeth Paige
Guest: Chris Baron
Topics covered
- Passover
- middle grade literature
- poetry
- California wildfires
- family traditions
Keywords
- Passover
- anthology
- verse novel
- middle grade
- poetry
- California wildfires
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: On All Other Nights, Spark
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