This week, Alice and Kim discuss contemporary reads for Black History Month, an accidental con artist, and all new books to watch out for.
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Follow Up
True story podcast, The Dropout from ABC Radio, about Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes
New Books
The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America, ed. by Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman
Parkland by Dave Cullen
Brown, White, Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion by Nishta J. Mehra
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval by Saidiya Hartman
Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
Black History Month II: Contemporary Voices
