Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories

A Transracial Adoptee Speaks his Truth

May 03, 2022 Louise Browne & Sarah Reinhardt Season 2 Episode 8
A Transracial Adoptee Speaks his Truth
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories
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Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories
A Transracial Adoptee Speaks his Truth
May 03, 2022 Season 2 Episode 8
Louise Browne & Sarah Reinhardt

Matthew Charles is the host of "little did u know", an abolitionist podcast that seeks to reveal the precarity inherent in transracial/national adoption and dream of a new future by centering the voices of Adoptees and Professionals. His is also an essayist, poet, and sometimes actor whose work explores (dis)placement, belonging, and colony and appears in VISIBLE and Severance Magazine.

To learn more about Matthew Charles and his poetry you can visit his website: MatthewCharlesPoet.com

Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss B.J. Lifton's Journey of the Adopted Self.

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Show Notes

Matthew Charles is the host of "little did u know", an abolitionist podcast that seeks to reveal the precarity inherent in transracial/national adoption and dream of a new future by centering the voices of Adoptees and Professionals. His is also an essayist, poet, and sometimes actor whose work explores (dis)placement, belonging, and colony and appears in VISIBLE and Severance Magazine.

To learn more about Matthew Charles and his poetry you can visit his website: MatthewCharlesPoet.com

Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss B.J. Lifton's Journey of the Adopted Self.

Here's our affiliate link for Buzzsprout:  When you sign up, you get a $20 Amazon Gift card.

And if you want to support our show, you can go to our Patreon Page.

Thank you to our current Patreon donors for their support.  
They are: Laura Christensen, Barbara Frank, Ramona Evans, Linda Pevac, Blonde Records, Denise Cruz-Castino, Daphne Keys, Denise Hewitt, Michelle Styles, Emily Sinagra, Linda David, John Frey, Eric David, Beth Figuls, Ron Schneider, Tony Corsentino, Kristi Reed, 
Kristen Steinhilber, Jane Bofenkamp, Kelley Brickfield and The Harpy.

Support the Show.

To support the show - Patreon.