099 Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé — Dark Academia and the Elements of Fiction

Julia and Victoria step into their English Teacher Mode™ to review the elements of fiction from Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s dynamic debut book, the dark-academic thriller Ace of Spades.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Announcement of forthcoming Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

• High School Musical

• 074 Beloved by Toni Morrison — Book Club with Julia & Victoria

• 040 Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - Book Club with Julia & Victoria

Recommendations:

• Gossip Girl TV show

• Get Out film

• Not Me TV show

• Elite TV show

• Moonlight film

• Ace of Spades playlist on Spotify

• “Aparna” by Sachin Waikar in F(r)iction issue 17

• “Yurrassic Park” by John Manuel Arias in F(r)iction issue 16

• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Currently Obsessed:

• Everything Everywhere All At Once film

• Superache by Conan Gray (album)

• The Umbrella Academy season 3 TV show

• Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

• Emma by Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen, directed by Meredith McDonough