236: Laura Gao's MESSY ROOTS - August 2022 Book Club
In our August 2022 book club episode, we discuss Laura Gao's Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American. We share pairings for...
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Welcome to Unabridged! Ashley and Jen (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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- Aug 18, 2021
- 17 min
191: Expand Your Reading with Our Latest Graphic Novel Recs
In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we talk all things graphic! We share a graphic novel, a graphic memoir, and a graphic nonfiction...
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- Aug 16, 2021
- 4 min
Graphic Novels Recommended by Kids
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Though I've definitely come to love graphic novels and memoirs, my knowledge still hasn't reached the...
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- Jul 19, 2021
- 7 min
Some of Jen's Favorite Reads of 2021 (so far)
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) As usual when I set out to create a concise list of something, I struggled with this task, with creating...
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- Jul 12, 2021
- 7 min
Some of Ashley's Favorites of 2021 (So Far)
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Phew, I have read some amazing books so far this year! Every year it feels...
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- Jul 2, 2021
- 2 min
Cece Bell's EL DEAFO - A Graphic Novel for All Audiences
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) I am not a huge reader of graphic novels, but I have a personal interest in Cece Bell's...
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- Mar 31, 2021
- 12 min
171: Update on Our Season 4 Book Recs to Each Other
In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we circle back to the books we recommended to each other in episode 139. Each of us got a...
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- Mar 22, 2021
- 4 min
Meeting the Challenge: Celebrating Author Imprints
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) This year, for the Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge (find out more here!), we are celebrating author...
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- Mar 3, 2021
- 13 min
167: Mira Jacob's GOOD TALK - March 2021 Book Club
In this Unabridged Podcast Book Club episode, we discuss Mira Jacob's graphic memoir Good Talk. We talked about this amazing memoir and...
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- Nov 23, 2020
- 5 min
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...
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- Oct 26, 2020
- 4 min
Graphic Novel Roundup
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) This year has been a great one for me to dive into some wonderful graphic novels, graphic memoirs, and...
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- Oct 13, 2020
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for October 13, 2020 featuring Harrow, Favilli, and Roanhorse
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Alix Harrow's The Once...
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- Oct 6, 2020
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for October 6, 2020, featuring Mbalia, Faruqi, and Gansworth
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) All right, book lovers, this is one of those pub days that overwhelms me, so I'm feeling obligated to...
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- Sep 1, 2020
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for September 1, 2020, featuring Woodson, Cole, and Zoboi and Salaam
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Jacqueline Woodson's...
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- Aug 4, 2020
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for August 4, 2020, featuring Emezi, Garber, and Leong
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Akwaeke Emezi's The Death of Viveh Oji Description from Publisher: "One afternoon, in a town in...
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- Jul 20, 2020
- 7 min
Some of Ashley's Favorite Reads of 2020 (So Far)
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Oh my goodness, I'm already having A LOT of trouble choosing only five books, which is...
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- Jun 2, 2020
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! June 2, 2020 featuring Bennett, Brown, and Johnson
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) As we struggle to learn more in response to the injustices we're seeing across the United States, we are...
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- May 25, 2020
- 2 min
Building on the Classics: Middle-Grade Reads to Add to Your Shelves
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) We recently had the chance to chat with Jill Hames, director of the James L. Hamner Public Library and...
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- May 20, 2020
- 22 min
126: Plugging into Bookish Communities Online with @readwithtoni from Instagram
In this week's episode of Unabridged, Ashley, Jen, and Sara talk with Toni about the power of developing an online bookish community....
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- Jan 22, 2020
- 2 min
Welcome - Introduction and Overview
Just getting started with Unabridged Podcast? Welcome! We're Ashley, Jen, and Sara, and we are teachers and podcasters who are passionate...
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