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Unabridged Podcast
Welcome to Unabridged! Ashley Dickson-Ellison and Jen Moyers (shown left to right in the photo) talk books, share recommendations, and celebrate all things bookish. On our blog (see our posts below!) we share bookish faves, pub day shout-outs, show notes, and book reviews.
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Pub Day Shout-Outs! for August 24th, 2021 featuring Heller, Barker, and Jeffers
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Peter Heller's The...
Aug 24, 20215 min read
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All about Culture: 6 YA Lit Books that Bridge the Generation Gap
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) This Wednesday, we share our thoughts about our August Book Club pick, Balli Kaur...
Aug 23, 20214 min read
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Yaa Gyasi's TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM - A Close Examination of Addiction and Its Impact on Family
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) I was so excited to see Yaa Gyasi's Transcendent Kingdom on Libro.fm this fall and am...
Apr 23, 20213 min read
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Pub Day Shout-Outs! for March 2, 2021, featuring Choi, Hashimi, and Ishiguro
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) I had a tough time today choosing only three books to highlight—it's an AMAZING release day. So, here...
Mar 2, 20214 min read
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9 Books Considering Culture: Coming of Age as Children of Immigrants
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) In this bookish fave, I wanted to share some of my favorite middle grade and young...
Nov 23, 20205 min read
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Fiction by Black Authors - Some Recent Favorites
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Looking for amazing fiction reads by Black authors? Here are a few of my recent...
Jun 29, 20204 min read
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Bonus: Re-release of Jason Reynolds Highlight with LONG WAY DOWN, GHOST, and WHEN I WAS THE GREATEST
In this bonus episode, we wanted to share a re-release of an episode highlighting three novels by Jason Reynolds, one of our favorite...
Jun 13, 202032 min read
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129: Re-release of Angie Thomas's THE HATE U GIVE Book Club Discussion
In light of the unjust loss of Black lives in America and of the Black Lives Matter movement, we wanted to share an episode from 2018...
Jun 10, 202046 min read
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115: Kevin Wilson's NOTHING TO SEE HERE - Learning by Fire
For our March Unabridged Book Club discussion, we're focusing on Kevin Wilson's excellent Nothing to See Here (which was also a Book of...
Mar 4, 20201 min read
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Picture Books to Enjoy During Black History Month (and Every Month!)
While I (Ashley) value the opportunity in February to celebrate Black history, I never want that celebration to be reductive -- Black...
Feb 24, 20203 min read
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Tomi Adeyemi's CHILDREN OF VIRTUE AND VENGEANCE: High Tensions and Hard Choices - Ashley's Review
Title and Author: Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Virtue and Vengeance Overall Impression: I loved Children of Blood and Bone and couldn't...
Jan 24, 20202 min read
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Welcome - Introduction and Overview
Just getting started with Unabridged Podcast? Welcome! We're Ashley and Jen, and we are both passionate about books and getting them into...
Jan 22, 20202 min read
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Jami Attenberg's ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS, Jen's Review
Jami Attenberg's All This Could Be Yours is a stunning and incisive examination of the obligations we have as parents and as children to...
Jan 17, 20202 min read
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107: Mary Beth Keane's ASK AGAIN, YES - I Had to Open Another Tin of Book Darts
In this Unabridged Book Club (#unabridgedpodbookclub) episode, we discuss Mary Beth Keane's Ask Again, Yes, the amazing multigenerational...
Jan 8, 20201 min read
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93: Anissa Gray's THE CARE AND FEEDING OF RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY GIRLS - Relationships Between Women
We're thrilled to discuss Anissa Gray's new novel, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls. Told in the alternating perspectives...
Oct 2, 20191 min read
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Min Jin Lee's PACHINKO - Ashley's Book Review
Upon beginning this novel, I was immediately swept away by the tender, compelling story of the young Sunja, child of Hoonie and Yangjin,...
Sep 20, 20192 min read
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88: Autumn TBR Lists - Shopping in My Kindle Closet
We'll let you guess just which one of us went shopping in her Kindle closet . . . and then cheated to share an extra book (or two . . ....
Aug 28, 20192 min read
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Jandy Nelson's I'LL GIVE YOU THE SUN -Ashley's Book Review
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson is a literary work of genius. This is one I read quite a while ago, but it has stayed with me and...
Jul 26, 20193 min read
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56: Unabridged Awards - I Will Qualify Them All
-Alternate Titles- Address the nervousness OR Anticipating it is exciting OR Not a lot of table space for a drum roll OR I guess that was...
Jan 16, 20192 min read
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50: Gretchen Anthony's EVERGREEN TIDINGS FROM THE BAUMGARTNERS - These Random People at Dinner
"This is me. This is my family. This is love." ~Gretchen Anthony Spoilers are inevitable throughout our discussion, so consider whether...
Dec 5, 20181 min read
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