All the Backlist! June 5, 2020

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🗓️ 5 June 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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This week, Tirzah talks about two great backlist books, including novels for kids and teens by Black authors. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Book Riot’s service for Tailored Book Recommendations, now available as a gift! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed on the Show: The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon Pride by Ibi Zoboi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to all the backlist, a weekly show about books that are not new.
0:16.7	I'm Tears of Price filling in this week for Liberty and this is episode 262.5.
0:23.2	This week I'm going to be diving into the stacks
0:25.3	to talk about two fantastic books for kids and teens
0:28.0	by black authors.
0:29.4	But first, let's hear from our sponsor.
0:31.4	Today's episode is brought to you by
0:36.0	We Are the Crisis, the Moving Sequel to No Gods No Monsters.
0:40.0	The long-awaited sequel to No Gods No Monsters
0:42.0	from award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull,
0:44.4	We Other Crisis, sees humans and monsters clash as civil rights collide with preternatural forces.
0:49.6	So the world has undergone many changes in the last few years. Humans and monsters clash daily,
0:54.9	members of Rebecca's pack go missing, and two ancient orders escalate their conflict as dangerous secrets are revealed.
1:01.2	So the book explores incredibly culturally relevant tough topics
1:04.4	through the lens of mythical othering. It also draws a little known myths due to the
1:08.4	author's own heritage of the US Virgin Islands with a heavy influence from
1:12.4	Caribbean folklore. I don't know about
1:14.5	you but I love folklore I love encountering new folklore and I'm not super
1:19.3	familiar with Caribbean folklore so I'm excited to read this. It's also told backward and
1:25.2	forward in time as events escalate and unravel. We are the crisis is a brilliant
1:29.7	contemporary fantasy that takes readers on an immersive and thrilling journey.
1:34.4	Make sure to pick it up.
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