Do What You Gotta Do...

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03/30/23 • 36 min

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Episode 2 of ...But Make it Books is here! Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss survival, the difference between survival and healing, Richmond geography, and relatable lessons in a classic Black comedy.

Books Discussed:

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

You made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Awake Emezi

www.charmcitybooks.com

Books Discussed:

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

You made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Awake Emezi

www.charmcitybooks.com

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Who Dis . . .

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Welcome to the inaugural episode of ...But Make it Books! Join Niccara and Brandon as they share how they feel about starting a podcast, give insight on themselves through books, and clarify their Skittle preferences.

Books Discussed:

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Home by Toni Morrison

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

The Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty

The Fire This Time by James Baldwin

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

www.charmcitybooks.com

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Banned Books...

Niccara and Brandon discuss why books are banned, the power of control, the books that should be banned, and how children are the future, in everyone’s eyes.

Books Discussed:

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas

Notable links to sources you’ll hear:

https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5