This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss books coming in 2025 they're excited about, including Down in the Sea of Angels, Tartufo, Flirting Lessons, and more!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory

We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin

Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong

Old Soul by Susan Barker

Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton  

In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space by Irvin Weathersby Jr.

Little Mysteries: Nine Miniature Puzzles to Confuse, Enthrall, and Delight by Sara Gran 

The Portable Feminist Reader edited by Roxane Gay

Accidents Happen: Stories by F.H. Batacan

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz 

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

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