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This episode we’re talking about the American Library Association’s annual conference and New and Upcoming Books We’re Excited About! We discuss LGBTQ comics, Star Trek, memoirs, and an author who we learn we went to school with.

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In this episode

Anna Ferri | Matthew Murray | Kelsey Ockert | Amie Wright

New and Upcoming Books We Mention

Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman - Published September 3rd 2019 (Matthew was wrong, it’s being published by Graphic Universe) Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe - Published May 28th 2019 Spivak pronoun (including “eir”) We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix - Paperback published June 25, 2019 Angels With Blue Faces by Lyra McKee - Published late June 2019 Lyra McKee (Wikipedia) Guts by Raina Telgemeier - Published September 10th, 2019 They Called Us Enemy by George Takei,  Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker - Published July 16th, 2019 Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story Heritage Minutes: Vancouver Asahi No Ivy League by Hazel Newlevant - Published August 20th, 2019 Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business by David F. Walker,  Chuck Brown, Sanford Greene - Published May 21st, 2019 What We Talk About When We Talk About Books: The History and Future of Reading by Leah Price - Published August 20th, 2019 Stonebreaker by Peter Wartman - Published 25th, 2019 Who Says You're Dead? Medical & Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned by Jacob M. Appel - Published October 8th, 2019 Bury the Lede by Gaby Dunn and Claire Roe - Published October 8th, 2019 Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender - Published November 12th, 2019 The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills - Published September 10th, 2019 The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow - Published September 10th, 2019 Counterfeit Girl by Pete Milligan and  Rufus Dayglo - Published June 25th, 2019 Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton - Published August 6th, 2019  Magical Beatdown by Jenn Woodall Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World edited by Zahra Hankir - Published August 6th, 2019  Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - Published September 10th, 2019 The Testaments by Margaret Atwood - Published September 10th, 2019

Other Books & Media We Mention

As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman Webcomic Nonbinary by Melanie Gillman Buy it! Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition by Julia Kaye Generations by Flavia Biondi Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix Matthew talked about this book in Episode 038 - Halloween! Dirt Candy: A Cookbook: Flavor-Forward Food from the Upstart New York City Vegetarian Restaurant by Amanda Cohen and Ryan Dunlavey Matthew talked about this book in Episode 059 - Food and Cooking The Nib Milkman by Anna Burns Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa Black Jack by Osamu Tezuka Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Far Beyond the Stars Remembering "Far Beyond The Stars"

Links, Articles, and Things

2019 ALA Annual Conference S.S. Librarianship  HARK! – The Holiday Music Podcast Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table Friday Discussion Forum: Social Justice and Comics Europe Comics (Wikipedia) Matteo Farinella You can search through the ALA conference Schedule to find the podcasts, but I can’t seem to link specific to it. HiJinx Episode 26: Conference Call Zine Pavilion Circulating Ideas Episode 161 - Grady Hendrix and Becky Spratford Summer Scares Reading Lists Graphic medicine A Different Booklist

Ideas for Books

Crow Detective Noir/Detective Crow Adventures Magical Girl Supervillian 

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