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This week, Danika talks about the messy sapphic summer reads they want to get to before the end of August.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

Girl’s Girl by Sonia Feldman

Almost Life by Kiran Milwood Hargrave

Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst

Give Me Everything You’ve Got by Imogen Crimp

The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie

Appetite by P. Paramita

Unprecedented Times by Malavika Kannan

All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews
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This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Unprecedented Times, The Salt King, First Summer, and more great books!

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This week, Sharifah recommends High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey From Africa to America by Jessica B. Harris and The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt.

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Books Discussed on the Show

High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey From Africa to America by Jessica B. Harris

The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy by Lauren Collins

My Soul Looks Back by Jessica B. Harris
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This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Root Therapy, Sunrise, Hollow Magic, and more great books!

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This week, Liberty talks about several books that are in her orbit right now!

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Books Discussed on the Show

The Hill by Harriet Clark

Up to the Light by Julia Armfield

Hell to Pay by Kylie Lee Baker

Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker

The End of Everything by M. John Harrison

Heavy Sugar by William Boyle

One of Us Is Already Dead by E. L. Chen

The Fall of Elvenesse by Kai Ashante Wilson

Oil on Canvas by Kalynn Bayron

Miss Archer by Jordan Harrison
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