This week Tayla is joined by two aspiring librarians, Laura and David. In this episode, they discuss reading to increase one's racial understanding, DNA testing, and why they entered the library field. During The Last Chapter, they discuss their favorite reading locations.

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BooksHow To Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Snyder

Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising by Timothy Zahn

Queen’s Shadow by E. K. Johnston

Star Wars: Lost Stars by Claudia Gray

You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Browse books by Andrea Nguyen in the library catalog

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AVQueen’s Gambit (2020)

I’ll Be Gone In the Dark (2020)

Rick and Morty (2013- )

The Mandalorian (2019- )

Star Wars: Resistance (2018-2020)

Letterkenny (2016- )

Never Have I Ever (2020- )

The Baby-Sitters Club (2020- )

Atypical (2017- )

Weekend Update: Baby Yoda on Season 2 of The Mandalorian - SNL

OtherURI Graduate School of Library and Information Studies

Tomaquag Museum