Category Archives: Book Talk

Six Sci-fi Short Stories

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download   Life on Mars edited by Jonathan Strahan “Goodnight moons” “Wahahla” Welcome to Bordertown edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner “Shannon’s Law” “A Tangle of Green Men” Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities by Chris Barton,illustrated by Paul Hoppe “Cherokee Author” “Black Man, [...]

Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire & Its Legacy

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin (Random House website) Roll call question from Rummanah Aasi: What are your reading pet peeves? Topic: “Non-white heroes the kiss of death in the marketplace,” by Gerritson, Tess. Murderati. 2011, May, 17. Recommendations Cathie [...]

One Crazy Summer

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Extended Resources Rita Williams-Garcia Author’s website Sally Wern Comport Illustrator’s website;  cover art , Jacket Knack interview Black Panthers Wikipedia entry 1964 Brown University Scholarly Technology Group Huey Newton Gwendolyn Brooks “We Real Cool” Wikipedia entry Brenda and the Tabulations “Dry Your Eyes” Bobby Hutton Wikipedia entry Reverend [...]