In this episode, we talk with Michael Barakiva (he/him) about the LGBT book Dreadnaught by April Daniels (she/her), with special guest April Daniels! Dreadnaught is a groundbreaking YA novel about a trans teen superhero. Michael shares with us, “The honesty of her anger and the challenges that she faces helped me come to terms in really profound ways about my own coming out process.” Then, Michael and April talk about the politics of comics, writing queer superheroes, and what writing and publishing has meant to April as a trans author. She shares, “Writing was an escape for me. It was a way for me to take control of my life in a world that frequently strips me of control.”

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Episode transcript available at thisqueerbook.com/podcast/dreadnaught

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Stay tuned to April’s writing and the next novel in her trilogy at aprildaniels.com 

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