This week author Randy Ribay joins the podcast to discuss some of the book that have influenced him as a teacher and as a reader. We also talk about his new book AFTER THE SHOT DROPS.

Episode Mentions:

* The Chronicles of Narnia

* Goosebumps

* Stephen King

* Utopia

* Candide

* The Odyssey

* The House on Mango Street

* James Baldwin

* Salman Rushdie

* Walter Dean Myers

* 145th Street

* Sharon Flake

* Jacqueline Woodson

* Sharon M. Draper

* Francisco Jimenez

* The Circuit

* Things Fall Apart

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