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All The Books

 Episode 247 This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Real Life, Death in the Family, The Holdout, and more great books.
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Annotated

 Episode 30 How a gimmick to write more became one of the biggest literary events online.
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For Real

 Episode 51 This week Alice and Kim talk Black History Month nonfiction reads for your TBR shelf.
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Get Booked

 Episode 219 Amanda and Jenn discuss long distance romances, read-alikes for Tamora Pierce, punny titles, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked.
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Hey YA

 Episode 62 Eric and Kelly talk about P.S., I Still Love You, swoony fathers in YA, and what YA rom-coms they're itching for in 2020.
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Kidlit These Days

 Episode 23 Matthew and Nicole discuss combatting xenophobia by adopting a stance of cultural humility and helping shape children’s understanding of a broader world, rich with hundreds of cultures, languages, and people both very similar and very different from their own.
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Novel Gazing

 Episode 3 Mary Kay and Louise talk about important literary things like: How to read difficult books? What’s going on in the literary world right now? And, what are you reading?
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Read or Dead

 Episode 71 Katie and Rincey pick out some mysteries with a romantic element to them to celebrate Valentine's Day! 
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Recommended

 Episode 13 Producer Jenn Northington takes us through the numbers of the past five seasons.
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SFF Yeah!

 Episode 72.5 In honor of Black History Month, Sharifah discusses science fiction and fantasy that confronts slavery.
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The Podcast

 Episode 354 Jeff and Rebecca discuss Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its publication.
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When In Romance

 Episode 52 Jess and Trisha match romances to conversation heart sayings and recommend romances for all of your Valentine’s/Galentine’s/Palentine’s Day needs.
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