Books are getting us through a tough year. Novelist Kaitlyn Greenidge talks about what she’s been reading. Tressie and Roxane respond in kind. Plus, their reaction to the Derek Chauvin verdict, and book recommendations from listeners.

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Libertie by Kaitlyn Greennidge 


The Cutting Season by Attica Locke 


The Age of Innocence by Eidith Wharton 


Afterparties by Anthony So


Let the record show: A Political History of ACT UP New York by Sarah Schulman


Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning  by Cathy Park Hong

The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--and How We Can Fix It

       by Dorothy A. Brown


World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil


Lucky Fish by  Aimee Nezhukumatathil


Oceanic by Aimee Nezhukumatathil


My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson


Control Negro- Jocelyn Nicole Johnson


The Prophets by Roberts Jones Jr. 


Of Women and Salt- Gabriela Garcia 


Dyke (geology) by Sabrina Imbler


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