In the first half of this two-part episode, Erica goes back in time to the late '80s with Mariko Tamaki's and Nicole Goux's sapphic murder mystery This Place Kills Me. Next, Kelly Jensen speaks to Hannah V. Sawyerr about her novel-in-verse Truth Is.

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Show Notes:

This Place Kills Me by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Nicole Goux

Nicole Goux's current reading list: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Audiobook), The Corus Wave by Karenza Sparks

Mariko Tamaki's current reading list: Collected Millar by Margaret Millar, My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones, The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Follow Mariko Tamaki on Instagram and Nicolce Goux on Instagram

The Turnaway Study

Brave New Voices

When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur

Six Truths and a Lie by Ream Shukairy

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo

Plan A by Deb Caletti

Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine Heppermann

Find Hannah V. Sawyerr on Instagram and TikTok.

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