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    Are We Actually a Nation of Unified Americans?
    Marian Perales
    • Apr 15, 2020
    • 10 min

    Are We Actually a Nation of Unified Americans?

    Books to Help You Put the CARES Act in the Context of Undocumented Immigrants In late March, the federal government announced passage of ...
    Health Insurance does not equal Health Care: An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal
    Mel Ann Rosenthal
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 22 min

    Health Insurance does not equal Health Care: An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal

    If you’re at all like me, Shonda Rhimes has permanently imprinted many of her TV characters on your brain. And, if you’re a diehard fan l...
    TBS Roundtable: MY DARK VANESSA
    Admin
    • Mar 28, 2020
    • 31 min

    TBS Roundtable: MY DARK VANESSA

    Welcome to the first roundtable between The Book Slut writers. Think of this as a book club meeting, recorded. Except in these times we d...
    Excavation, My Dark Vanessa, and the Power of Who Tells Our Stories
    Jessica Maria
    • Mar 27, 2020
    • 15 min

    Excavation, My Dark Vanessa, and the Power of Who Tells Our Stories

    A few weeks ago I was eating dinner with a large group of friends and acquaintances, and the woman next to me asked what I was currently ...
    "Hispanics can't read" & Dominicana by Angie Cruz
    Maggie Briana Chidester
    • Mar 3, 2020
    • 6 min

    "Hispanics can't read" & Dominicana by Angie Cruz

    “Who would be interested in a story about a woman like me? It’s so typical.”
    Rereading City of Bones in 2020
    Brianna Addamo
    • Jan 27, 2020
    • 5 min

    Rereading City of Bones in 2020

    It all started in 2019. I was completing NaNoWriMo last November - quite unsuccessfully might I add - and didn’t want to give myself a hu...
    In Reflection: Reading Challenges
    Courtney Dyer
    • Jan 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    In Reflection: Reading Challenges

    In the last two months of 2019 I came up with some fun hashtags (#nomennovember & #dickindecember), where I essentially challenged myself...
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