Michael Collina

Colorado

Senior Editor at Audible Blog

Lover of audiobooks, iced coffee, and the serial comma. Editor @audible_com. He/him. All opinions my own.

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Andrea Long Chu defines what it means to have “Authority”

3 weeks ago | audible.com | Michael Collina

With her latest collection of essays, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic asks the question: What is authority? In an age where everyone seems to have an opinion and their own personal platforms to share them, Pulitzer Prize-winning essayist and critic Andrea Long Chu explores what it means to have authority. As a result, Authorityis a bold and provocative exploration of criticism, popular media, and how Chu approaches criticism in her own work.
“So Many Stars” is a love letter to queer history and resistance

1 month ago | audible.com | Michael Collina

Caro De Robertis’s groundbreaking oral history celebrates the activism, cultural impact, and lived experiences of a generation of queer, trans, and two-spirit elders of color. Drawing on their own experience as a Baldwin-Emerson Fellow and award-winning novelist, Caro De Robertis was perfectly suited to compile this first-of-its-kind oral history.
“Stag Dance” is a master class in confrontation

2 months ago | audible.com | Michael Collina

In her follow-up to "Detransition, Baby", Torrey Peters delivers four stories that confront uncomfortable truths, characters, and concepts of identity to great effect. In 2021, Torrey Peters burst onto the literary scene with her debut novel, Detransition, Baby. Four years later, Peters returns with another riveting listen that interrogates gender, queerness, and binaries of every kind.
Dylan Mulvaney’s “Paper Doll” is the three-dimensional story of a woman in transition

2 months ago | audible.com | Michael Collina |Amy Poehler |Lena Dunham |Jonathan Van Ness

Note: Text has been lightly edited for clarity and does not match audio exactly. Michael Collina: Hi, listeners. This is Audible Editor Michael Collina, and today I'm thrilled to be speaking with the one and only Dylan Mulvaney. Dylan is an actress, comic, and the creator of the viral Days of Girlhood series on TikTok, where she chronicled her transition with her followers. And today she's here to talk about her new audiobook, Paper Doll. Welcome, Dylan.
Mariam Rahmani’s “Liquid” is a subversive tale of self-discovery and love

2 months ago | audible.com | Michael Collina

Imbued with a casual cleverness and humor alongside themes of desire and identity, this debut novel offers a bold new take on rom-coms. Committed to marrying rich, the unnamed Iranian-Indian American narrator of Liquidgoes on 100 dates with people of all genders over the course of a single summer—which she meticulously logs in a spreadsheet with the hope of securing a marriage proposal by the start of the fall semester.
Harry Trevaldwyn on the power of queer rom-coms

Feb 11, 2025 | audible.com | Michael Collina

Whether you know Harry Trevaldwyn for his online comedy or his roles across film and television, it’s easy to hear why no one was better suited to perform his debut work of YA fiction, The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King, than the author himself. Here, Trevaldwyn shares the power of writing, reading, and rom-coms, with a healthy dose of his trademark humor and wit. Michael Collina: Most people likely know you for your acting roles or your comedy (The Bubble; The Acolyte; My Lady Jane).
“By the Fire We Carry” is a landmark work of American history and reporting

Oct 31, 2024 | audible.com | Michael Collina

Set against the backdrop of two landmark 2020 Supreme Court cases, Sharp v. Murphy and McGirt v. Oklahoma,By the Fire We Carryexamines the events that led to the result—the largest restoration of Tribal land and sovereignty in US history.
“The Indian Card” offers a glimpse into the complexity of Indigenous identities and enrollment

Oct 31, 2024 | audible.com | Michael Collina

Combining archival research and interviews with her own experience—both as an enrolled member of the the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and a policy practitioner and advisor who spent seven years working in the Obama Administration—Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz offers an intimate look at the historical, racial, and political dynamics at play in the ongoing fight for Native sovereignty in her debut work of nonfiction.
“The Anti-Ableist Manifesto” is a must-listen guide to building a disability-inclusive world

Oct 9, 2024 | audible.com | Michael Collina

As the founder of disability advocacy organization Diversability and the creator of the viral Anti-Ableism Series on TikTok, Tiffany Yu has spent years educating and expanding conversations on ableism, accessibility, and disability pride.
Refusal, joy, and other acts of radical resistance

Jul 30, 2024 | audible.com | Michael Collina

In a long overdue reframing of the historical record, Kellie Carter Jackson, PhD, recenters the history of Black resistance and rejects the false dichotomy of “violent” and “nonviolent.” By refocusing the narrative on the resilience and courage of the Black women who have long been overlooked in the fight against white supremacy, We Refuse is both a vibrant, joyful, and important reminder of the work that’s already been done, and a reminder of all that is left to do.