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PRIDE Month Picks!

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On today's episode, Adam and Jill are back in the same room finally and are handing out some wonderful LGBTQIA book recommendations for PRIDE month and beyond!

Books mentioned in this episode

Red White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

Gentleman Jack by Anne Chrome

Courting Mr. Lincoln by Louis Bayard

Check Please by Ngozi Ukazu

The Stonewall Reader, edited by NYPL

Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden

Unbroken edited by Marieke Nijkamp

Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia

The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta

Birthday by Meredith Russo

Also here is a great collection of LGBT books written so far this year:

2019 PRIDE month collection

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Librarians recommending books for National Library Week!

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Frequent guests Emma and Maria join the Nerds to chat about some books they've been loving lately and a couple they didn't as well! We're celebrating National Library Week and hope you are too!
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Discussing Life After Death with Sister Souljah

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In today's episode, Jill is joined by author, musician, and activist Sister Souljah to discuss her new book Life After Death, which is a sequel to her iconic novel The Coldest Winter Ever.
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2020 debut books you might have missed for the #PBNread2021!

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On today's episode, Adam and Jill tackling another of the Professional Book Nerds Reading Challenge tasks -- Read a 2020 debut that you didn't read in 2020.
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On mothers and daughters with Gabriela Garcia

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Adam sits down with Gabriela Garcia to talk about her buzzy debut novel Of Women and Salt.
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