Lit Bae Pod

Books mentioned:

Ander and Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver

Old Wounds by Logan Aahley-Kisner

Sources Cited:

Transphobia:

Transphobia & Transmisia

ICE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement

https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-ice-raids-school-2d899678264f44fe1021847ee385fd15

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-watch-programs-immigrants-how-to-start

Libro.fm

Libro.fm is an employee-owned social purpose corporation that shares profits from your audiobook purchases with your chosen bookstore, giving you the power to keep money within your local economy. It’s also a great alternative to Audible, which is an audiobook platform owned by Amazon.

If you would like to gift me an audiobook from my wishlist to support me the link is here: 

https://libro.fm/wishlist/1228430

Bookshop.org

Bookshop.org works to connect readers with independent booksellers all over the world.

Every purchase on the site financially supports independent bookstores. Our platform gives independent bookstores tools to compete online and financial support to help them maintain their presence in local communities.

If you would like to gift me a book from bookshop.org, here is the link:

 https://bookshop.org/wishlists/89c2b233c4293884fbe0b77cb955c86378c22f28

I also have curated a shop on Bookshop.org of the books I enjoy: 

https://bookshop.org/shop/Litbaepod

Pango Books

PangoBooks is a social marketplace for readers to buy and sell books and connect with one another.

Our app for iPhone and Android devices makes it super easy for anyone to list books for sale, and the process for shipping and getting paid is as simple as can be. It's like opening your own little bookshop.

Here is a link to my Pango Books shop:

https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/litbaepod

Libby App

Libby is a free app where you can enjoy ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines from your public library. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card.

Hoopla

hoopla is the digital service of Midwest Tape, a leading provider of entertainment media products and services: DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and shelf-ready solutions, to public libraries across North America for over a quarter of a century. Our purpose has always been to partner with libraries in delivering the best content to patrons in the most streamlined manner possible. Through the years, we've cultivated a growing passion for the evolving public library.

hoopla Digital builds on that passion by providing public libraries of all sizes the ability to offer patrons an enormous selection of digital video (movies and TV shows), music, audiobooks, Ebooks and comics to their patrons. For these libraries, we’ve pioneered a unique model that allows patrons to borrow content immediately, removing artificial availability constraints and maximizing the power of digital content and Internet distribution. Technologically, we focus on the latest browser, phone, tablet, and TV products to deliver the best possible experience to our user – our passion – the public library patron.

The Storygraph

We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes. An excellent alternative to Good Reads, which is owned by Amazon. 

https://www.thestorygraph.com/

Libro.fm

Libro.fm is an employee-owned social purpose corporation that shares profits from your audiobook purchases with your chosen bookstore, giving you the power to keep money within your local economy. It’s also a great alternative to Audible, which is an audiobook platform owned by Amazon.

If you would like to gift me an audiobook from my wishlist to support me the link is here: 

https://libro.fm/wishlist/1228430

Bookshop.org

Bookshop.org works to connect readers with independent booksellers all over the world.

Every purchase on the site financially supports independent bookstores. Our platform gives independent bookstores tools to compete online and financial support to help them maintain their presence in local communities.

If you would like to gift me a book from bookshop.org, here is the link:

 https://bookshop.org/wishlists/89c2b233c4293884fbe0b77cb955c86378c22f28

I also have curated a shop on Bookshop.org of the books I enjoy: 

https://bookshop.org/shop/Litbaepod

Pango Books

PangoBooks is a social marketplace for readers to buy and sell books and connect with one another.

Our app for iPhone and Android devices makes it super easy for anyone to list books for sale, and the process for shipping and getting paid is as simple as can be. It's like opening your own little bookshop.

Here is a link to my Pango Books shop:

https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/litbaepod

Libby App

Libby is a free app where you can enjoy ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines from your public library. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card.

Hoopla

hoopla is the digital service of Midwest Tape, a leading provider of entertainment media products and services: DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and shelf-ready solutions, to public libraries across North America for over a quarter of a century. Our purpose has always been to partner with libraries in delivering the best content to patrons in the most streamlined manner possible. Through the years, we've cultivated a growing passion for the evolving public library.

hoopla Digital builds on that passion by providing public libraries of all sizes the ability to offer patrons an enormous selection of digital video (movies and TV shows), music, audiobooks, Ebooks and comics to their patrons. For these libraries, we’ve pioneered a unique model that allows patrons to borrow content immediately, removing artificial availability constraints and maximizing the power of digital content and Internet distribution. Technologically, we focus on the latest browser, phone, tablet, and TV products to deliver the best possible experience to our user – our passion – the public library patron.

The Storygraph

We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes. An excellent alternative to Good Reads, which is owned by Amazon. 

https://www.thestorygraph.com/

Guardian Ai + Publishing article

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/26/writers-condemn-startups-plans-to-publish-8000-books-next-year-using-ai-spines-artificial-intelligence

Libro.fm

Libro.fm is an employee-owned social purpose corporation that shares profits from your audiobook purchases with your chosen bookstore, giving you the power to keep money within your local economy. It’s also a great alternative to Audible, which is an audiobook platform owned by Amazon.

If you would like to gift me an audiobook from my wishlist to support me the link is here: 

https://libro.fm/wishlist/1228430

Bookshop.org

Bookshop.org works to connect readers with independent booksellers all over the world.

Every purchase on the site financially supports independent bookstores. Our platform gives independent bookstores tools to compete online and financial support to help them maintain their presence in local communities.

If you would like to gift me a book from bookshop.org, here is the link:

 https://bookshop.org/wishlists/89c2b233c4293884fbe0b77cb955c86378c22f28

I also have curated a shop on Bookshop.org of the books I enjoy: 

https://bookshop.org/shop/Litbaepod

Pango Books

PangoBooks is a social marketplace for readers to buy and sell books and connect with one another.

Our app for iPhone and Android devices makes it super easy for anyone to list books for sale, and the process for shipping and getting paid is as simple as can be. It's like opening your own little bookshop.

Here is a link to my Pango Books shop:

https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/litbaepod

Libby App

Libby is a free app where you can enjoy ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines from your public library. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card.

Hoopla

hoopla is the digital service of Midwest Tape, a leading provider of entertainment media products and services: DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and shelf-ready solutions, to public libraries across North America for over a quarter of a century. Our purpose has always been to partner with libraries in delivering the best content to patrons in the most streamlined manner possible. Through the years, we've cultivated a growing passion for the evolving public library.

hoopla Digital builds on that passion by providing public libraries of all sizes the ability to offer patrons an enormous selection of digital video (movies and TV shows), music, audiobooks, Ebooks and comics to their patrons. For these libraries, we’ve pioneered a unique model that allows patrons to borrow content immediately, removing artificial availability constraints and maximizing the power of digital content and Internet distribution. Technologically, we focus on the latest browser, phone, tablet, and TV products to deliver the best possible experience to our user – our passion – the public library patron.

The Storygraph

We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes. An excellent alternative to Good Reads, which is owned by Amazon. 

https://www.thestorygraph.com/

Book Mentioned:

I'll Be Gone For Christmas by Georgia K. Boone

Libro.fm

Libro.fm is an employee-owned social purpose corporation that shares profits from your audiobook purchases with your chosen bookstore, giving you the power to keep money within your local economy. It’s also a great alternative to Audible, which is an audiobook platform owned by Amazon.

If you would like to gift me an audiobook from my wishlist to support me the link is here: 

https://libro.fm/wishlist/1228430

Bookshop.org

Bookshop.org works to connect readers with independent booksellers all over the world.

Every purchase on the site financially supports independent bookstores. Our platform gives independent bookstores tools to compete online and financial support to help them maintain their presence in local communities.

If you would like to gift me a book from bookshop.org, here is the link:

 https://bookshop.org/wishlists/89c2b233c4293884fbe0b77cb955c86378c22f28

I also have curated a shop on Bookshop.org of the books I enjoy: 

https://bookshop.org/shop/Litbaepod

Pango Books

PangoBooks is a social marketplace for readers to buy and sell books and connect with one another.

Our app for iPhone and Android devices makes it super easy for anyone to list books for sale, and the process for shipping and getting paid is as simple as can be. It's like opening your own little bookshop.

Here is a link to my Pango Books shop:

https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/litbaepod

Libby App

Libby is a free app where you can enjoy ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines from your public library. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card.

Hoopla

hoopla is the digital service of Midwest Tape, a leading provider of entertainment media products and services: DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and shelf-ready solutions, to public libraries across North America for over a quarter of a century. Our purpose has always been to partner with libraries in delivering the best content to patrons in the most streamlined manner possible. Through the years, we've cultivated a growing passion for the evolving public library.

hoopla Digital builds on that passion by providing public libraries of all sizes the ability to offer patrons an enormous selection of digital video (movies and TV shows), music, audiobooks, Ebooks and comics to their patrons. For these libraries, we’ve pioneered a unique model that allows patrons to borrow content immediately, removing artificial availability constraints and maximizing the power of digital content and Internet distribution. Technologically, we focus on the latest browser, phone, tablet, and TV products to deliver the best possible experience to our user – our passion – the public library patron.

The Storygraph

We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes. An excellent alternative to Good Reads, which is owned by Amazon. 

https://www.thestorygraph.com/

Books Mentioned:

Only For The Cameras by Viano Oniomoh

Show Notes:

Libro.fm

Libro.fm is an employee-owned social purpose corporation that shares profits from your audiobook purchases with your chosen bookstore, giving you the power to keep money within your local economy. It’s also a great alternative to Audible, which is an audiobook platform owned by Amazon.

If you would like to gift me an audiobook from my wishlist to support me the link is here: 

https://libro.fm/wishlist/1228430

Bookshop.org

Bookshop.org works to connect readers with independent booksellers all over the world.

Every purchase on the site financially supports independent bookstores. Our platform gives independent bookstores tools to compete online and financial support to help them maintain their presence in local communities.

If you would like to gift me a book from bookshop.org, here is the link:

 https://bookshop.org/wishlists/89c2b233c4293884fbe0b77cb955c86378c22f28

I also have curated a shop on Bookshop.org of the books I enjoy: 

https://bookshop.org/shop/Litbaepod

Pango Books

PangoBooks is a social marketplace for readers to buy and sell books and connect with one another.

Our app for iPhone and Android devices makes it super easy for anyone to list books for sale, and the process for shipping and getting paid is as simple as can be. It's like opening your own little bookshop.

Here is a link to my Pango Books shop:

https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/litbaepod

Libby App

Libby is a free app where you can enjoy ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines from your public library. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card.

Hoopla

hoopla is the digital service of Midwest Tape, a leading provider of entertainment media products and services: DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and shelf-ready solutions, to public libraries across North America for over a quarter of a century. Our purpose has always been to partner with libraries in delivering the best content to patrons in the most streamlined manner possible. Through the years, we've cultivated a growing passion for the evolving public library.

hoopla Digital builds on that passion by providing public libraries of all sizes the ability to offer patrons an enormous selection of digital video (movies and TV shows), music, audiobooks, Ebooks and comics to their patrons. For these libraries, we’ve pioneered a unique model that allows patrons to borrow content immediately, removing artificial availability constraints and maximizing the power of digital content and Internet distribution. Technologically, we focus on the latest browser, phone, tablet, and TV products to deliver the best possible experience to our user – our passion – the public library patron.

The Storygraph

We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes. An excellent alternative to Good Reads, which is owned by Amazon. 

https://www.thestorygraph.com/

Read Between the Lines by Rachel Lacey

Show Notes:

Libro.fm

Libro.fm is an employee-owned social purpose corporation that shares profits from your audiobook purchases with your chosen bookstore, giving you the power to keep money within your local economy. It’s also a great alternative to Audible, which is an audiobook platform owned by Amazon.

If you would like to gift me an audiobook from my wishlist to support me the link is here: 

https://libro.fm/wishlist/1228430

Bookshop.org

Bookshop.org works to connect readers with independent booksellers all over the world.

Every purchase on the site financially supports independent bookstores. Our platform gives independent bookstores tools to compete online and financial support to help them maintain their presence in local communities.

If you would like to gift me a book from bookshop.org, here is the link:

 https://bookshop.org/wishlists/89c2b233c4293884fbe0b77cb955c86378c22f28

I also have curated a shop on Bookshop.org of the books I enjoy: 

https://bookshop.org/shop/Litbaepod

Pango Books

PangoBooks is a social marketplace for readers to buy and sell books and connect with one another.

Our app for iPhone and Android devices makes it super easy for anyone to list books for sale, and the process for shipping and getting paid is as simple as can be. It's like opening your own little bookshop.

Here is a link to my Pango Books shop:

https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/litbaepod

Libby App

Libby is a free app where you can enjoy ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines from your public library. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card.

Hoopla

hoopla is the digital service of Midwest Tape, a leading provider of entertainment media products and services: DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and shelf-ready solutions, to public libraries across North America for over a quarter of a century. Our purpose has always been to partner with libraries in delivering the best content to patrons in the most streamlined manner possible. Through the years, we've cultivated a growing passion for the evolving public library.

hoopla Digital builds on that passion by providing public libraries of all sizes the ability to offer patrons an enormous selection of digital video (movies and TV shows), music, audiobooks, Ebooks and comics to their patrons. For these libraries, we’ve pioneered a unique model that allows patrons to borrow content immediately, removing artificial availability constraints and maximizing the power of digital content and Internet distribution. Technologically, we focus on the latest browser, phone, tablet, and TV products to deliver the best possible experience to our user – our passion – the public library patron.

The Storygraph

We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes. An excellent alternative to Good Reads, which is owned by Amazon. 

https://www.thestorygraph.com/

Books Mentioned:

Everything for Everyone: A History of the New York Commune 2052-2072 by Eman Abdelhadi, M.E. O'Brien

Coming Home by Brittney Griner

Triple Sec by TJ Alexander

Babel by RF Kuang

Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee

Libro.fm

Libro.fm is an employee-owned social purpose corporation that shares profits from your audiobook purchases with your chosen bookstore, giving you the power to keep money within your local economy. It’s also a great alternative to Audible, which is an audiobook platform owned by Amazon.

If you would like to gift me an audiobook from my wishlist to support me the link is here: 

https://libro.fm/wishlist/1228430

Bookshop.org

Bookshop.org works to connect readers with independent booksellers all over the world.

Every purchase on the site financially supports independent bookstores. Our platform gives independent bookstores tools to compete online and financial support to help them maintain their presence in local communities.

If you would like to gift me a book from bookshop.org, here is the link:

 https://bookshop.org/wishlists/89c2b233c4293884fbe0b77cb955c86378c22f28

I also have curated a shop on Bookshop.org of the books I enjoy: 

https://bookshop.org/shop/Litbaepod

Pango Books

PangoBooks is a social marketplace for readers to buy and sell books and connect with one another.

Our app for iPhone and Android devices makes it super easy for anyone to list books for sale, and the process for shipping and getting paid is as simple as can be. It's like opening your own little bookshop.

Here is a link to my Pango Books shop:

https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/litbaepod

Libby App

Libby is a free app where you can enjoy ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines from your public library. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card.

Hoopla

hoopla is the digital service of Midwest Tape, a leading provider of entertainment media products and services: DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and shelf-ready solutions, to public libraries across North America for over a quarter of a century. Our purpose has always been to partner with libraries in delivering the best content to patrons in the most streamlined manner possible. Through the years, we've cultivated a growing passion for the evolving public library.

hoopla Digital builds on that passion by providing public libraries of all sizes the ability to offer patrons an enormous selection of digital video (movies and TV shows), music, audiobooks, Ebooks and comics to their patrons. For these libraries, we’ve pioneered a unique model that allows patrons to borrow content immediately, removing artificial availability constraints and maximizing the power of digital content and Internet distribution. Technologically, we focus on the latest browser, phone, tablet, and TV products to deliver the best possible experience to our user – our passion – the public library patron.

The Storygraph

We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes. An excellent alternative to Good Reads, which is owned by Amazon. 

https://www.thestorygraph.com/

Books Mentioned:

A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins

Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase

Second Night Stand by Fay Stetz-Waters and Karelia Stetz Waters

Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns

Show Notes:

Libro.fm

Libro.fm is an employee-owned social purpose corporation that shares profits from your audiobook purchases with your chosen bookstore, giving you the power to keep money within your local economy. It’s also a great alternative to Audible, which is an audiobook platform owned by Amazon.

If you would like to gift me an audiobook from my wishlist to support me the link is here: 

https://libro.fm/wishlist/1228430

Bookshop.org

Bookshop.org works to connect readers with independent booksellers all over the world.

Every purchase on the site financially supports independent bookstores. Our platform gives independent bookstores tools to compete online and financial support to help them maintain their presence in local communities.

If you would like to gift me a book from bookshop.org, here is the link:

 https://bookshop.org/wishlists/89c2b233c4293884fbe0b77cb955c86378c22f28

I also have curated a shop on Bookshop.org of the books I enjoy: 

https://bookshop.org/shop/Litbaepod

Pango Books

PangoBooks is a social marketplace for readers to buy and sell books and connect with one another.

Our app for iPhone and Android devices makes it super easy for anyone to list books for sale, and the process for shipping and getting paid is as simple as can be. It's like opening your own little bookshop.

Libby App

Libby is a free app where you can enjoy ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines from your public library. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card.

Hoopla

hoopla is the digital service of Midwest Tape, a leading provider of entertainment media products and services: DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and shelf-ready solutions, to public libraries across North America for over a quarter of a century. Our purpose has always been to partner with libraries in delivering the best content to patrons in the most streamlined manner possible. Through the years, we've cultivated a growing passion for the evolving public library.

hoopla Digital builds on that passion by providing public libraries of all sizes the ability to offer patrons an enormous selection of digital video (movies and TV shows), music, audiobooks, Ebooks and comics to their patrons. For these libraries, we’ve pioneered a unique model that allows patrons to borrow content immediately, removing artificial availability constraints and maximizing the power of digital content and Internet distribution. Technologically, we focus on the latest browser, phone, tablet, and TV products to deliver the best possible experience to our user – our passion – the public library patron.

The Storygraph

We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes. An excellent alternative to Good Reads, which is owned by Amazon. 

https://www.thestorygraph.com/

Books mentioned:

Ruinous Love Series by Brynne Weaver

1. Butcher and Blackbird

2. Leather and Lark

3. Scythe and Sparrow

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

Libro.fm

Libro.fm is an employee-owned social purpose corporation that shares profits from your audiobook purchases with your chosen bookstore, giving you the power to keep money within your local economy. It’s also a great alternative to Audible, which is an audiobook platform owned by Amazon.

If you would like to gift me an audiobook from my wishlist to support me the link is here: 

https://libro.fm/wishlist/1228430

Bookshop.org

Bookshop.org works to connect readers with independent booksellers all over the world.

Every purchase on the site financially supports independent bookstores. Our platform gives independent bookstores tools to compete online and financial support to help them maintain their presence in local communities.

If you would like to gift me a book from bookshop.org, here is the link:

 https://bookshop.org/wishlists/89c2b233c4293884fbe0b77cb955c86378c22f28

I also have curated a shop on Bookshop.org of the books I enjoy: 

https://bookshop.org/shop/Litbaepod

Pango Books

PangoBooks is a social marketplace for readers to buy and sell books and connect with one another.

Our app for iPhone and Android devices makes it super easy for anyone to list books for sale, and the process for shipping and getting paid is as simple as can be. It's like opening your own little bookshop.

Here is a link to my Pango Books shop:

https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/litbaepod

Libby App

Libby is a free app where you can enjoy ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines from your public library. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card.

Hoopla

hoopla is the digital service of Midwest Tape, a leading provider of entertainment media products and services: DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and shelf-ready solutions, to public libraries across North America for over a quarter of a century. Our purpose has always been to partner with libraries in delivering the best content to patrons in the most streamlined manner possible. Through the years, we've cultivated a growing passion for the evolving public library.

hoopla Digital builds on that passion by providing public libraries of all sizes the ability to offer patrons an enormous selection of digital video (movies and TV shows), music, audiobooks, Ebooks and comics to their patrons. For these libraries, we’ve pioneered a unique model that allows patrons to borrow content immediately, removing artificial availability constraints and maximizing the power of digital content and Internet distribution. Technologically, we focus on the latest browser, phone, tablet, and TV products to deliver the best possible experience to our user – our passion – the public library patron.

The Storygraph

We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes. An excellent alternative to Good Reads, which is owned by Amazon. 

https://www.thestorygraph.com/

You can listen to the Podcast using these links:

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/7bqYuHJ4fisk4LfMrzGqNV

Spotify for Podcasters

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/litbaepod

Google Podcasts:

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Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lit-bae/id1531523974?uo=4

RadioPublic:

https://radiopublic.com/lit-bae-WRZKY2