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**Annotated**

An audio documentary series about books, reading, and language.

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National Novel Writing Month Oct 07, 2019

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How a gimmick to write more became one of the biggest literary events online.

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Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky

I’m Not Dying with You Tonight by Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones

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The Baby-Sitters Club Sep 03, 2019

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The affirming, surprising, and most of all lasting legacy of The Baby-Sitters Club.

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The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor

Circe by Madeline Miller

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Someday by David Levithan

Yumi Sakugawa

RWBY After the Fall by E.C. Myers

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The Dream of a Universal Language Aug 05, 2019

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What if the whole world spoke the same language? How would it work? Who would be interested in speaking it? In this episode, the dream, the reality, and the hope that is Esperanto.

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Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

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Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language by Esther Schor

Alex Miller's Esperanto YouTube Channel

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The Life-Changing Magic of Reading a Book Jul 01, 2019

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Sometimes people refer to a book they really liked as "life-changing." But what if you read a book, and it really did change your life in a big way? In this episode, stories of people reading books and making a big change.

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The Guest Book by Sarah Blake

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#26: You Are Not Alone Jun 03, 2019

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In this episode, the story of the interrupted literary career of Freido Lampe, and how his story reveals the underpinnings of the Nazi obsession with books and literature.

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We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

Have You Seen Luis Velez? by Catherine Ryan Hyde

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At the Edge of the Night by Freido Lampe, translated by Simon Beattie

The Book Thieves by Anders Rydell

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#25: Books Behind Bars, Part 2 May 29, 2019

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In a follow-up to our last episode, an extended conversation with Chris Wilson about what reading while in prison can do.

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#24: Books Behind Bars, Part 1 May 06, 2019

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There are few places books can be put to better use than in prisons. So why is it so hard to get books into the hands of people in jail? In this episode, we look at how Washington state tried to radically restrict the flow of books into prisons.

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Whatbooks

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Books to Prisoners

Changing Lives Through Literature

The Master Plan by Chris Wilson

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#23: The Prophet Apr 09, 2019

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How Khalil Gibran's The Prophet became a quiet cultural powerhouse.