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Hannah and Laura have one of their dreams fulfilled in this week's bonus episode because they get the chance to learn all about libraries and their different services from librarian, Lora Del Rio!!!! Lora (MSLIS) is the Director for Research, Teaching, and Learning, Humanities Librarian, as well as an Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. Lora is a wealth of knowledge and answers all of the OWWR pod team's burning questions about libraries. She offers advice to readers looking to get involved in their local library, ways to support librarians/libraries, and shares about her work increasing diversity in libraries.

Please check out the Lovejoy Library at SIUE and the DLCTE Program!!
Faculty - Lovejoy Library | SIUE
Home - Diverse Librarianship Career Training and Education Program

Media Mentions:
American Library Association
Milwaukee Public Library
That Librarian by Amanda Jones
Brooklyn Nine-Nine---Peacock
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Good Talk by Mira Jacob
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Harry Potter film franchise---Peacock
Music by John Williams---Disney+
The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin

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Hannah and Laura are thrilled to welcome author Adam Bassett to the podcast to chat about his books Digital Extremities and the newly released, Animus Paradox! Adam shares about imagining futuristic worlds, applications of biological technologies, and engaging readers with action scenes. Hannah and Laura now have a new friend and another Auto-Buy author!

ANIMUS PARADOX is out on January 27th, 2025!!

Be sure to pick up ANIMUS PARADOX and DIGITAL EXTREMITIES by Adam Bassett at your local indie bookstore or request them from your local library!! OR use the link below to find Adam's work and access EXTRAS at Campfire!

https://www.campfirewriting.com/explore/digital-extremities

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Media Mentions:
Animus Paradox by Adam Bassett
Digital Extremities by Adam Bassett
Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter
Devil's Keep by Phillip Finch
Cyberpunk 2077 game
Arcane---Netflix
Brian McClellan's works
Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson
Neon Noir by Nina Voss

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Hannah and Laura are wrapping their discussion of N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season by discussing the characters and themes of the novel. They also chat about a vampire book that Laura shockingly enjoyed and a book that Hannah feels like she wasted her time reading.

**This episode contains SPOILERS for The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. Spoiler section begins at: 30 min 05 secs. **

*CW for the episode: discussions of death, murder, violence, racism, colonialism, climate change, classism, memory loss, disability, sexual violence, abuse, mental illness, oppression, trauma, sex*

Media Mentions:
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Lightfall by Ed Crocker
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Skeleton Crew---Disney+
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Glass Onion---Netflix
Wool by Hugh Howey
Silo---AppleTV
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
A Man on the Inside---Netflix
The Father---Starz
What We Do In The Shadows---Hulu
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang

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