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It's Pride and Juneteenth! Rachel and Rashmila discuss their current reads, current events, and how racism runs through families and the larger society.  Here are some of the books that we mentioned in our podcast. More recommendations for Juneteenth and Pride are on our social media sites. 

Fierce Fairy Tales by Nikita Gill

The Imperfects by Amy Meyerson

A Study in Charlotte and The Last of August by Brittany Cavallaro

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaiswal

How we Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

A People's History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian

The Priory fo the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Blache and the Talent Tenth by Barbara Neely

My Sister The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad

The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

Sister Outsider: Essays & Speeches by Audre Lorde

This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell & Aurelia Durand

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor