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Author Interview, Blog, Podcast Shownotes

Thrillers & Copaganda + Multigenerations, Music, & Mystery with Diane Marie Brown

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What is copaganda? And why do so many thrillers feel like copaganda? Mariquita and Renee discuss these questions plus how to spot copaganda in our literature. They also share some books that they loved that don’t pass the test and some great books that do. In the second segment, Ashley interviews Diane Marie Brown, author […]

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Author Interview, Podcast Shownotes

Resilience, Climate, and Lineman: An interview with Lily Brooks-Dalton

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In this episode Natalia interviews Lily Brooks-Dalton, author of The Light Pirate. They talk about what it means to be resilient, what even *is* good infrastructure, hope, ecology, that dream we have of sawing Florida off the nation as a whole, and so much more.  We hope after listening to the conversation you love this

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Author Interview, Blog, Podcast Shownotes

Multitudes of “Viral Justice” with Ruha Benjamin

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Ashley speaks with Ruha Benjamin about her book, Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want.  This book has been described as, “Part memoir, part manifesto, Viral Justice is a sweeping and deeply personal exploration of how we can transform society through the choices we make every day.” They talk about privilege being used

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Blog, Educate and Activate, Social Justice

Ida B. Wells: A Lesson in Black Resistance

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Note: The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has made this year Black History Month’s theme Black Resistance, which analyzes how Black people have historically rallied against political and societal oppression. When Ida B. Wells documented a total of 241 lynchings in Southern Horrors and The Red Record in the 1890’s it subjected

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Blog, Bookish Life, Social Justice

Taking Back Our Power: A Voice from the HarperCollins Strike

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If you are following the news of the publishing world, you probably know about the HarperCollins strike happening. The HarperCollins’s union was created over 60 years ago to ensure fair pay, benefits, workers’ rights, and job security. The union voted overwhelmingly to go on strike, and the strike began on November 10th, 2022. Finally, on

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Blog, Podcast Shownotes

Solidarity Forever: How to Support The HarperCollins Strike + An update on Brittney Griner

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HarperCollins is one of the “big 5” publishing houses in the United States and the only publisher that has a union. The union has been on strike for 61 days as of the publication of this episode and only in the last week have representatives from HarperCollins joined the bargaining table. Mariquita sits down with

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