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COME HOME SAFE is a riveting YA novel about two falsely accused children caught up in the American justice system. The book’s author, ABC News legal analyst and NYC Legal Aid Society public defender Brian Buckmire, stopped by the show to talk about “the talk,” and how the book aims to facilitate difficult conversations.
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Alyssa Wees’ adult fantasy debut is a lovely dark fairy tale set in 1930s Chicago. Jessikah and Jenn talked to Alyssa about growing up on fairy tales, ballet, and the interesting connections between dance and death.
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Margot Douaihy’s SCORCHED GRACE, the flagship publication of Gillian Flynn Books, is a thrilling mystery with a protagonist you’ll love immediately: a queer, tattooed, chain-smoking nun trying to stop a mysterious arsonist targeting her NOLA convent.
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Jenn sat down with Zach Weinersmith, accomplished cartoonist and author of BEA WOLF, which adapts Beowulf into a middle-grade comic. They chat about Old English word-play and the overlaps between medieval warrior culture and contemporary kid culture.
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Emily George has given us the coziest of cozy mysteries with a twist with A HALF-BAKED MURDER, in which a down-on-her-luck baker opens a marijuana-themed bakery and finds herself wrapped up in solving a murder!
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WASPS IN THE ICE CREAM is a riveting and thought-provoking coming-of-age horror story. Jenn talked to its author Tim McGregor about 80s nostalgia, Satanic Panic, and nuclear paranoia, among other things!
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Jenn sat down with Daniel Lukes, Stanimir Panayotov, and Jaci Raia to discuss BLACK METAL RAINBOWS, a collection of essays and theory-fictions, artworks and comics that explore the fascinating genre of Black Metal.
