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Welcome back to The League of Extraordinary Readers! 📚✨This week, Shelbey Monae and Jessica get into culture, community, identity, and the generational disconnects shaping how we see the world. We discuss Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and Edwidge Danticat’s Breath, Eyes, Memory, while exploring cultural upbringing, mentorship, social media, true crime, AI in literature and art, and what it means to support Black authors and local bookstores.If you love Black literature, diverse books, literary discussions, cultural conversations, and reading podcasts, this episode is for you!🎧 Subscribe, listen, and join the conversation.🪩 Church Announcements:August: The Book of Chuck (https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-book-of-chuck-a-novel-latoya-watkins/cc12158c8af94f74?ean=9780593854549&bkshp-astro=t)Books Mentioned:On Earth We’re Briefly BeautifulBreathe, Eyes, Memory Song of SolomonKinVigilDie For MeThe WaterbearersAuthors Mentioned:TV:The Idaho Murders💬 Follow The League of Extraordinary Readers:📸 🎧 https://beacons.ai/tloer📧Email Us: [email protected]📱Follow us on socials:IG&Threads: @theleagueofreadersShelbey’s IG&Threads: @shelbeymonaeJess’s IG&Threads: @literaturenoirclub