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The First Black Queer YA novel

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This week, Erica discusses what’s been credited as the first queer novel featuring Black teens, as well as a couple other more recent Black queer YA novels.

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Show Notes

Ruby by Rosa Guy

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters (out March 2022)