Mentioned:

- The National Book Festival - https://www.loc.gov/events/2022-national-book-festival/

- B.L. Blanchard - blblanchard.com

- Tochi Onyebuchi - tochionyebuchi.com

- NPR Codeswitch - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch

- The Hot Sheet newsletter - https://hotsheetpub.com/

- "Notes from Across the Pond" Banished newsletter (paywall) https://banished.substack.com/p/notes-from-across-the-pond

- Purple Hearts on Netflix

- Susan Dennard - The Luminaries Street Team - https://luminerds.substack.com/p/hunter-trials-challenge-1

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