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I love this epilogue. She wounds so wonderful. The radical elders are the best. Ride or die!

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I started out today’s podcast with breaking news: I broke my foot! I’m in a cast. I’m hosting not a Pity Party but a fulltime “Pity Rager” — I welcome visits, presents, tips on recovery, and distraction in spades. It’s my 2nd metatarsal, if you’re counting. I went to see a man about a horse, and . . .

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I went to quite a few “Free Huey” rallies and antiwar events in the Sixties. Bobby Seale was always a mesmerizing speaker.

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Yes, born orator and so much charisma.

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The book about the dog that got bitten by a snake on its scrotum is The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (also available in Chinese)

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Celia! How on earth did you know that? Now I have to find it immediately.

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Google and I know many, many things...

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I just looked it up, and voilà, a Newbery winner! I think the book banners just look at the Newbery list each year as a guide to what they want to burn. Here’s a link, by the way: https://amzn.to/3BZWHEy

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