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Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
- Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol
- Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
- Zora Neale Hurston, author of Their Eyes Are Watching God
- Black Lives Matter
- We Need Diverse Books
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