Hi, I'm Lovar Burton and this is Lovar Burton Reads.

In every episode, I handpick a different piece of short fiction and I read it to you.

The only thing these stories have in common is that I love them and I hope you will too.

You know, this is the first time I've been in the studio since the coronavirus COVID-19

entered our lives and invaded the planet.

And I guess what I want to say is, you know, things are changing rapidly.

Almost hourly, there are new developments.

By the time this episode hits the air, there's no telling how much our world will have changed.

The one thing that we can be certain of in these very uncertain times is that change

is indeed upon us.

Not just what we do, but how we do it.

So my message is be kind.

Really simply be kind to yourselves and to each other, especially those that you're quarantined

with.

If you are sheltering in place with family or friends, just remember, we are all

going through this together and together, we will make it through.

Okay.

I've got another repeat author on today's show because I just had to return to the amazing

mind of Genevieve Valentine.

Now, you may remember her story from last season.

It was called Small Medicine about a girl and her grandmother's AI replacement and how

she felt about that.

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