In this episode, Samantha Allen recommends Ursula K. Le Guin and Lauren Wilkinson recommends Nicholas Mancusi.

This episode is sponsored by Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman and Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite.

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Books Discussed:

Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen

Love & Estrogen by Samantha Allen

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

A Philosophy of Ruin by Nicholas Mancusi