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Discussed in this episode:
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The Fire This Time edited by Jesmyn Ward
Some of that bump in print sales is from big box stores
HBO + Ta-Nehisi Coates team up for adaptation special
Big ups to this response to the Harper’s letter
A Sheriff Told Library Staff Not To Call 911 Because They Were Thinking Of Supporting Black Lives Matter
Patrick Rothfuss’s editor doesn’t think he’s written a word of the final Kingkiller Chronicles book
Heroes of the Week: Liberation Library sends books to incarcerated children
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