This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Small Animals, Tragedy Plus Time, Underbug, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

Sanpaku by Kate Gavino

The Stars Now Unclaimed (The Universe After) by Drew Williams

Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-comic Memoir by Adam Cayton-Holland

Whiskey When We’re Dry by John Larison

Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear by Kim Brooks

Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen (translator)

Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology by Lisa Margonelli

What we’re reading:

Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters by Anne Boyd Rioux

Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery

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