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Medgar and Myrlie. Great civil rights history focusing on Mississippi. Interesting to read about what happened to the family after his death.

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Oh good one!

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I really liked this one too! 🙏🏼💕

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Skin and Bones by Renee Watson,

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I just worked a bookshop event with author Clothilde Ewing, and this is the book she picked as her fave of this summer! I hadn’t heard of it, but good to know!

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Oooohhhhh!!!!

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Lovvvvvved this book! Highly recommend!

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I second this!

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But I am actually not sure Traci will like it 😕 but would love to see an interview with Renee Watson!

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Yes! She would be a fantastic guest!

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Ok I picked Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton . It was published at the top of the year so it fits your criteria. It’s very much in your comfort zone: nonfiction, investigative journalism. I think you’ll really find it fascinating!

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I started it and DNF'd after about 45%. I really struggled with the organization and story flow. I feel like a lot of people loved it but I just could not.

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Yea that’s very valid critique!

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Memory Piece by Lisa Ko

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Ok!

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I said PRAISESONG FOR THE KITCHEN GHOSTS by Crystal Wilkinson. It is part memoir, part cookbook and it is beautiful, in both the visuals and the writing.

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This is for sure on my TBR! Great pick.

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Okay, ✅💕🙏🏼 I’m going to recommend essays by Sasha LaPointe- published March 2024- Thunder Song- I added to the doc!

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Ooh ok! Sounds good.

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Just found out about this one and it sounds interesting: The Life and Death of Ryan White: AIDS Inequality in America by Paul Renfro.

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HOLY SHIT! This is screaming my name. I need to read this!

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Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

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Oh nice, this is on my TBR already! Great pick.

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I really enjoyed these essays too!

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The audio is free on Spotify and her narration is top tier

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Ended up going with NF, Hammer and Hope. More people need to read about Black southern communists and it would be soo good to discuss. It's a little too long but many riveting stories

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This book isn’t from 2024 though. It’s gotta be a 2024 book, that’s the whole point.

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*hoe (hammer and hope is the magazine lol)

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I recommended something completely off base but delightful - Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and Leuyen Pham. The artwork is beautiful and I love the story (and I will read anything Gene Luen Yang is involved with).

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Love this. Mr. Yang was a teacher at my high school while I was there.

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Was it the Dragon Hoops school??? We read that for my YA class in library school.

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Yes! I am a Dragon!

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🐉 amazing.

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Also, now I would love to know more. Have you read the book? If so, what did you think of it?

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What a great idea! I'm always looking for recommendations! I recommended Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller. I read the ebook but I've heard from other folks who listened to the audiobook that it was a good/fun listen.

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I’ve heard good things about this one.

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I tried to pick a NF that is intense ha ha. I like this idea, I’m excited to see what you pick.

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Which one?!?

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The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein… it opens with a deep dive into mind control and psychedelic drugs. It’s haunting cuz she talks to a woman who underwent these experiments. Ironically the doctors in stranger things reminded me of this so bad when I watched that show.

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But that book didn’t come out this year. It’s gotta be a 2024 release. I think TSD came out in 2007.

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Oh jeez how embarrassing for me haha I didn’t read close enough! I’ll redo it.

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But What Will People Say? Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures by Sahaj Kaur Kohli - another BOML!

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Oooh ok I love that high praise!

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mmmmkay so i was curious what i’d submit so i went and looked at my list…of the 80 or so books i’ve read this year, only 6 came out in 2024 🙈 what does that mean?? 😶‍🌫️ maybe i should read whatever you pick too!

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Well you can pick something you want to read from this year!

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Briefly Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur. The fascinating memoir of a woman that works as a death doula.

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