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This week, Jenn recommends two speculative fiction books she’s read and loved this year.

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Books Discussed

First Year Orientation, edited by Eric Smith and Lauren Garibaldi 

Maroons (Grievers #1) by adrienne maree brown (cw: epidemic, racism, grief)