276. Sullivan Summer: "Adoptees For Family Preservation"
About this episode
Sullivan Summer discusses her work as an adoptee rights advocate and her contributions to various literary and podcasting platforms.
Sullivan Summer is an independent scholar, critic, essayist, poet, podcaster, and adoptee rights advocate. Her work across genres has been published in popular, literary, and academic outlets, and her pop culture hot takes and author interviews can be heard on the Adoption Pop! , Adoptees Off Script , and New Books Network podcasts. Her chapbook, Performance Anxiety , was published in 2025 by Black Sunflowers Poetry Press, and she is a 2025 "Best of the Net" anthology nominee. When not reading, writing, and podcasting about reading and writing, you can find her leading history-based reading groups at Brooklyn’s Center for Fiction, and engaging with visitors to The New York Historical, the City’s oldest museum, where she is a Docent. You can find Sullivan at her website , on Instagram , and on Substack . Adoptees for Family Preservation https://onadoption.net Music by Corey Quinn
People in this episode
Host: Jennifer Dyan Ghoston
Guest: Sullivan Summer
Topics covered
- adoptee rights
- literary criticism
- podcasting
- family preservation
- cultural commentary
Keywords
- adoptee rights
- Sullivan Summer
- podcasting
- literary criticism
- family preservation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Adoptees For Family Preservation, Adoption Pop!, Adoptees Off Script, New Books Network, Black Sunflowers Poetry Press, Center for Fiction, The New York Historical
Books & works: Performance Anxiety
Places: Brooklyn
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