Today I’m talking with Jan Beatty, poet, professor and the author of the recently released memoir, American Bastard. We talk about how Jan wants to disrupt the traditional narrative, what she calls the “whitewashed” view of adoption. What happens when you publicly name your hockey-famous biological father, even after he denies your paternity claim? We even get to hear a reading from American Bastard, and it is so powerful it certainly made me tear up.

Show Notes

Recommended Resources

American Bastard by Jan Beatty
The Body Wars by Jan Beatty (and other books of poetry)
Journey of the Adopted Self by B.J. Lifton
The West Pole by Diane Glancy

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