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If you loved our poetry episode (so many of you did!) you can check out the transcript, which has all of the poems Kali talked about. And you can check out her favorite poetry books on our Bookshop.Org list.*

Our sources for this episode:

• Why did we go apes*** for The DaVinci Code? A historian answers.
• The FBI was spying on your library checkouts.
• The New York Times interviews a school librarian at the heart of a book-banning debate.
• The Harper Collins workers union has reached an agreement with management.
• T. Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon breaks down how much bestselling authors can expect to make.
• Contributors to the NYT want the paper to do better by trans folks.
• The Cambridge Dictionary updated its definition of "woman."

Celebrating women and minorities in publishing:

• Julia A. Reidhead will be the new chair of the Association of American Publishers.
• Four breakout Latina authors sat down with Refinery29 to talk about their experiences in publishing.

Check out the books we talked about this week*:

• Books by breakout Latina authors
• Kali continues her saga with Gideonand Harrow the Ninth
• But she's crushing on the new T. Kingfisher book: Nettle and Bone
• She also recommends Kingfisher's Swordheart
• Annie loves all these books, but she hasn't read any other books in their series-es
• She's also reading The Library Book

Listen, watch, read, and follow us with the links in our LinkTree!

* We get a commission when someone buys a book from one of our lists. But more importantly, Bookshop supports small independent bookstores with every purchase. They've raised over $25 million for small bookstores so far!