TBR Lowdown
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TBR Lowdown is a podcast and reading community dedicated to reading widely and diversely. We are two bookish friends who met on bookstagram and created this podcast to talk about all things books. We'll discuss and break down books, and interview readers, authors, and creators. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast so you don't miss a thing! Visit our website at https://www.tbrlowdown.com/ to join our book club on Discord and become part of our growing community of readers.
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We Discuss Fences by August Wilson
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Books and Intellectualism
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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NEA Grants Pulled and What This Means For Indie Publishing
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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We Discuss Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur, translated from the Persian by Faridoun Farrokh
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May 26, 2025 |
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We Discuss Stag Dance by Torrey Peters
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May 19, 2025 |
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We Discuss Death Takes Me by Cristina Rivera Garza
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May 12, 2025 |
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Annotating Books and Other Reading Habits
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May 05, 2025 |
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Weekend Recap: A Book Thrifting Extravaganza
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Anticipated Summer Releases
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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The Evolution of Our Reading Tastes
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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We discuss A Separate Peace by John Knowles
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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We discuss Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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We discuss The Impatient by Djaïli Amadou Amal, translated from the French by Emma Ramadan
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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[REBROADCAST] March is National Small Press Month
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Are the Classics Still Relevant?
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Translated Literature Starter Pack [2025 Edition]
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Did the Big 5 Ruin Literary Fiction?
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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We discuss Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán, translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Our Anticipated Spring Releases
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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We Discuss All Yours and Times of the Flies by Claudia Piñeiro
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Best Books of 2024
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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We Discuss Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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We Announce Our 2025 Book Club Picks + Reading Challenge
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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We Discuss The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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AI & Publishing.... What the Heck is Going on?!
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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We Discuss The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and Whose Names are Unknown by Sanora Bab
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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We Discuss Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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The Rise of Romantasy
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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10 Before the End
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Fall Books to Read!
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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It's Nonfiction November! What We're Thinking About Reading
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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We Discuss Margot’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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We Discuss I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, Our Aug/Sep Book Club Pick
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Anticipated Translated Fiction Fall Reads to Add to Your TBR!
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Add These Anticipated Fall Reads to Your TBR!
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Hello and Welcome Back to Season 4!
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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[REBROADCAST] We have a conversation with literary translator Tina Kover
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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[REBROADCAST] We Discuss Belle Greene by Alexandra Lapierre, translated from the French by Tina Kover
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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[REBROADCAST] We Discuss Elena Knows by Claudia Piñero, translated from the Spanish by Francis Riddle
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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[REBROADCAST] We Discuss Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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[REBROADCAST] We Discuss Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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[REBROADCAST] We Discuss Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, Our December 2022 Book Club Pick
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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[REBROADCAST] We Discuss Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated from the Catalan by Julia Sanches
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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We discuss The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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We discuss A Little Luck by Claudio Piñero
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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S.T. Gibson stops by to chat about her new novel Evocation
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May 27, 2024 |
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The Adultification of YA
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May 20, 2024 |
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Why Does Every Famous Woman Have a Book Club Now?
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May 13, 2024 |
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We Discuss The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison.
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May 06, 2024 |
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The Great American Novels
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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2024 Q1 Book Favs
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Late Spring/Summer Book Releases
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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We Discuss Grapes of Wrath and Whose Names are Unknown [UPCOMING]
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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We chat about the Bloomberg article: TikTok Is Turning the Publishing World Into Fast Fashion
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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We discuss Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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We discuss Vengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Longlist Reactions: Women's Prize, Carol Shields Prize. & International Booker
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Let’s talk about being a completist
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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What floats our boats in the books we read
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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It's Book Prize Season!!
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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What books do we have on pre-order?!
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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We Discuss Tentacle and Miss Iceland
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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How many books Americans own + how they organize them
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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How much people read + Obama’s reading list
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Romance novels vs romance in books
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Our 12 Favorite Books of 2023
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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2024 Reading Schedule + 12 Women 12 Countries Reading Challenge
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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It’s time for an end-of-year bookish chat!
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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We Discuss Sphinx by Anne Garréta
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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We Discuss My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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[REBROADCAST] Nonfiction November, from Season 1 in 2021
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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12 Novels Under 200 Pages You Should Read
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Authors We Read for the First Time in 2023 and Fell in Love With
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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[REBROADCAST] We Discuss Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Books We Want to Read During Nonfiction November
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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The Tea About ARC Teams and their PR People
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Books the Surprised Us…in a Good Way!
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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We celebrate our 100th episode!
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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We have a follow up chat about Bindery
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Who’s in the Mood for Some Fall Reading?!
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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We Discuss Greek Lessons by Han Kang
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Add these books to your Fall tbr!
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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We chat with CJ Leede, author of Maeve Fly!
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Welcome Back and Hello Season 3!
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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[REBROADCAST] An Interview w/Charles A. Bush, author of Every Variable of Us
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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[REBROADCAST] We Discuss The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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[REBROADCAST] We Discuss The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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[REBROADCAST] We Discuss Giovanni’s Room, Our February Book Club Pick
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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[REBROADCAST] We Discuss Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell
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May 29, 2023 |
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Classics we want to read this year
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May 22, 2023 |
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A conversation with literary translator Tina Kover
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May 15, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST: Interview w/ Hugh Ryan, the author of The Women's House of Detention
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May 08, 2023 |
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6 nonfiction books we want to read before this year ends
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Should we be concerned about AI-narrated audiobooks in the bookish world?
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Burn, Rewrite, Reread - The Podcast Edition (Round 2)
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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We interview Emily Brandt, self-published author of Love Letters from Hades
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Has the mystery around the true identity of Elena Ferrante finally been solved?
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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[LIVE REBROADCAST] We discuss the longlists for The Women’s Prize, Carol Shields Prize, and International Booker
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Reading From Our Shelves: Fantasy/Sci-fi Books We Want to Finish
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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We Discuss Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated from the Catalan by Julia Sanches
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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We Discuss Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Our Anticipated 2nd Quarter Frontlist Releases
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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We Discuss Belle Greene by Alexandra Lapierre, translated from the French by Tina Kover
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Hoarding Books: Authors We Finally Want to Read
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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We Share Our Favorite Books from 2022!
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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We Discuss Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, Our December 2022 Book Club Pick
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Reading From Our Shelves: Some Books We Want to Read This Year
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Back in Her Bonnet—Happy New Year + Reintroduction + What's New with TBR Lowdown
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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A Look Back at Our 2022 Reading. What We Learned.
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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How and Where to Find Your Book Community
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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We Discuss You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi, Our November Book Club Pick
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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We Discuss Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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We Discuss There There by Tommy Orange, Our October Book Club Pick
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Nonfiction November
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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We Discuss Woman, Eating: A Literary Vampire Novel by Claire Kohda
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Winter 22/23 Frontlist Sneak Peek
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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We Must Read These Books by End of 2022
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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We Discuss The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall, Our September Book Club Pick
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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We Discuss the Latest Barnes & Noble News
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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What We Read for Women in Translation Month 2022. Hits and Misses.
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Interview w/ Hugh Ryan, the author of The Women's House of Detention
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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We Discuss Elena Knows, Our August Book Club Pick
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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The Perfect Books for Book Clubs
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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What’s On Our Fall Frontlist Radar?
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Let’s Talk About ARCs (Advanced Readers Copy)
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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We Discuss Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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We Discuss Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Season 2 Begins, Women in Translation Month + #12Women12Countries
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Mid-Year Freakout Tag [Podcast Edition]
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Summer Frontlist Releases We're Excited to Read
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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We Discuss The Maleficent Seven, Our May Book Club Pick
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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What Makes a Modern Classic?
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Popular Books Y’all Love, but We Hate
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May 30, 2022 |
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All About Sad Girl Lit
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May 23, 2022 |
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We Discuss Battle Royale, Our April Book Club Pick
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May 16, 2022 |
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We Play Smash or Pass - the Book Edition!
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May 09, 2022 |
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Queen's Ball Bridgerton Experience, Q1 Fav Books, Book Thrift Shopping
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May 02, 2022 |
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WTF YouTube?
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Publishing Potpourri
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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We Discuss Homegoing, Our March Book Club Pick
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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A Hella Bookish Conversation
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Books Coming to a Screen Near You!
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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We discuss The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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We Discuss Giovanni’s Room, Our February Book Club Pick
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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It's National Small Press Month
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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We Play the 20 Questions Booktube Tag
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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We Discuss The Cabinet, Our January Book Club Pick
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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#JanuaryinJapan Reading Wrap-up
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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#12Women12Countries Book Recs + BookTok Conversation
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Can We Get ONE Definition for Dark Academia?
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Our Favorite Books of 2021
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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We Discuss Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Mini Episode: We Announce our 2022 Reading Plans
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Backlist Books to Read in 2022
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Our Anticipated Reads for 2022
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Retrospective on Podcasting
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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We Chat About End-of-Year Book Lists
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Books We Wish We Could Read Again for the First Time
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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We Discuss Empire of Pain w/Jess Owens
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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BE RADICAL! An Interview w/Akili Nzuri from @ablackmanreading and @booksarepopculture
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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An Interview with Rachel Howzell Hall (author of These Toxic Things)
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Let’s Play a Game: ReRead/ReWrite/Burn
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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An Interview with Charles A. Bush (author of Every Variable of Us)
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Nonfiction November
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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A Chat with Shelbey from Shelbey and the Bookstore
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Auto-buy Authors We Love!
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Chunky Books We Read, Love, and Recommend
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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All About Banned Books
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Bookish Pet Peeves
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Yes, Ghost Daddy!
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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What We Read for Women in Translation Month
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Let's Talk Classics
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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July Book Club Picks Chat
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Bookstagram is Weird and Sometimes Messy
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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What the Algorithm?
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Reading Diversely 101
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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And Then She Fell Out Of The Window: Passing by Nella Larsen (part 3)
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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F*cking Clare Kendry! Part Two of Passing by Nella Larsen
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May 31, 2021 |
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Let's Discuss Part One of Passing by Nella Larsen
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May 31, 2021 |
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Welcome to the Passing Reading Project? An Introduction
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Apr 25, 2021 |