Reggie & Akili talk about Where Book Data Can Be Located (or not) (5:05), The Trauma Plot (54:12), National Book Award Finalists (114:24) & more.

Where is the Book Data? 

https://www.publicbooks.org/where-is-all-the-book-data/ https://www.publicbooks.org/audiobooks-consumption-data/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/11/opinion/culture/diversity-publishing-industry.html https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/comping-white/ https://lithub.com/10-literary-classics-that-didnt-sell/

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/30/opinions/trump-books-haberman-confidence-man-carter/index.html

The Trauma Plot: 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/03/the-case-against-the-trauma-plot

https://blgtylr.substack.com/p/emotional-support-trauma-plot

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-trauma-plot-quarterly-is-now-open-for-submissions 

https://faculty.gordonstate.edu/lsanders-senu/Everybody%27s%20Protest%20Novel%20by%20James%20Baldwin.pdf 

National Book Award Finalists

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/04/1126577424/national-book-award-finalists-2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/90496-the-national-book-awards-are-back-in-town.html

Annie Ernaux Wins The Nobel Prize in Literature

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/10/07/annie-ernaux-appreciation/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/books/annie-ernaux-nobel-prize-literature.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/06/annie-ernaux-the-2022-nobel-literature-laureates-greatest-works

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