<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;In the 67th episode of Truer Words, we speak with Emma Kress about writing girls in sports, taking risks, and social media as an author.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Emma is the author of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.emmakress.com/books"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;DANGEROUS PLAY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;, available now! Emma&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;can be found on Twitter&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/emma_kress"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;@emma_kress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;, TikTok&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@emma_kress?lang=en"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;@emma_kress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;, and Instagram&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kress.emma/?hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;@kress.emma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;. Her website is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.emmakress.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;emmakress.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mentioned in this Episode:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_I_Wanna_Do_(1998_film)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; All I Wanna Do&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.disneyplus.com/series/bluey/1xy9TAOQ0M3r"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Bluey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.vulture.com/2021/05/bluey-best-kids-tv-show.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Bluey is the Best Kids’ Show of Our Time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;by&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/kvanaren/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Kathryn VanArendonk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;for Vulture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Stanley"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Flat Stanley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMcKfO1wZfo"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Nanny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Drawn-That-Way/Elissa-Sussman/9781534492974"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Drawn That Way&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Elissa Sussman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sarahjmaas.com/court-of-thorns-and-roses/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;A Court of Thorns and Roses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Sarah J. Maas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/B3I/irish-born-trilogy"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Born in Fire / Born in Ice / Born in Shame&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;(Irish Born trilogy) by Nora Roberts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blue-castle-lucy-maud-montgomery/1100278298"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Blue Castle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by L. M. Montgomery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sarahjmaas.com/court-of-thorns-and-roses/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Reservation Dogs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1252-sterlin-harjo"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Sterlin Harjo on WTF with Marc Maron&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_of_the_Flower_Moon_(film)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Killers of the Flower Moon movie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://deadline.com/2021/08/brendan-fraser-joins-killers-of-the-flower-moon-brothers-apple-martin-scorsese-legendary-1234808025/"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Brendan Fraser Joins Killers of the Flower Moon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.davidgrann.com/book/killers-of-the-flower-moon/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Killers of the Flower Moon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;by David Grann&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.hulu.com/series/the-great-house-revival-f307e002-aa46-487a-88f9-5781f92ff3c2"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Great House Revival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://cynthialeitichsmith.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Cynthia Leitich-Smith&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "http://www.maryquattlebaum.com/Mary_Quattlebaum/Welcome.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Mary Quattlebaum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.as-king.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Amy King&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://davidmacinnisgill.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;David Macinnis Gill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2245931/a-r-capetta/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; A.R. Capetta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.greenhouseliterary.com/authors/cori-mccarthy/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Cory McCarthy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://novaren.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Nova Ren Suma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.truerwordspodcast.com/episodes/2019/1/27/wmagx48233mlrfp72bii5rped55hh8"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Our episode with Nova Ren Suma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ruthware.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Ruth Ware&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://tirzahprice.com/pride-and-premeditation/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Pride and Premeditation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Tirzah Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.truerwordspodcast.com/episodes/2020/10/18/tirzah-price"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Our episode with Tirzah Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-the-same-boat-holly-green/1137578739"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;In the Same Boat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Holly Green&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://sarahdessen.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Sarah Dessen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.harpercollins.com/products/when-you-look-like-us-pamela-n-harris?variant=32218749632546"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;When You Look Like Us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Pamela N. Harris&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.hbo.com/mare-of-easttown"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Mare of Easttown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://tv.apple.com/show/umc.cmc.vtoh0mn0xn7t3c643xqonfzy?itscg=MC_20000&amp;itsct=atvp_brand_omd&amp;mttn3pid=Google%20AdWords&amp;mttnagencyid=a5e&amp;mttncc=US&amp;mttnsiteid=143238&amp;mttnsubad=OUS2019863_1-535101970956-c&amp;mttnsubkw=106182847425__rdMG7cVq_&amp;mttnsubplmnt="&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Ted Lasso&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Us:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Truer Words is created and produced by Melissa Baumgart and Kathryn Benson. Our music was composed by Mike Sayre, and our logo was designed by Marianne Murphy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;You can follow us on Twitter&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/truerwordspod"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;@truerwordspod&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;and on Instagram&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/truerwordspodcast/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;@truerwordspodcast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;. Contact us via our website,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "http://truerwordspodcast.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;truerwordspodcast.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;, or email us at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "mailto:truerwordspodcast@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;truerwordspodcast@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Truer Words

Truer Words

Emma Kress

AUG 16, 202188 MIN
Truer Words

Emma Kress

AUG 16, 202188 MIN

Description

In the 67th episode of Truer Words, we speak with Emma Kress about writing girls in sports, taking risks, and social media as an author. Emma is the author of DANGEROUS PLAY, available now! Emma can be found on Twitter @emma_kress, TikTok @emma_kress, and Instagram @kress.emma. Her website is emmakress.com.

Mentioned in this Episode:

All I Wanna Do

Bluey

Bluey is the Best Kids’ Show of Our Time by Kathryn VanArendonk for Vulture

Flat Stanley

The Nanny

Drawn That Way by Elissa Sussman

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Born in Fire / Born in Ice / Born in Shame (Irish Born trilogy) by Nora Roberts

The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery

Reservation Dogs

Sterlin Harjo on WTF with Marc Maron

Killers of the Flower Moon movie

Brendan Fraser Joins Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

The Great House Revival

Cynthia Leitich-Smith

Mary Quattlebaum

Amy King

David Macinnis Gill

A.R. Capetta

Cory McCarthy

Nova Ren Suma

Our episode with Nova Ren Suma

Ruth Ware

Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price

Our episode with Tirzah Price

In the Same Boat by Holly Green

Sarah Dessen

When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris

Mare of Easttown

Ted Lasso

About Us:

Truer Words is created and produced by Melissa Baumgart and Kathryn Benson. Our music was composed by Mike Sayre, and our logo was designed by Marianne Murphy.

You can follow us on Twitter @truerwordspod and on Instagram @truerwordspodcast. Contact us via our website, truerwordspodcast.com, or email us at [email protected].