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• #33: December 6, 2024: Happy Grinchmas!

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• #31: November 22, 2024: The Advent of Advent

• #30: November 15, 2024: November Is the Norway of the Year

• #29: November 8, 2024: Putting a Queer Shoulder to the Wheel

• #28: November 1, 2024: Post-Halloween Gems

• #27: October 25, 2024: Already an Expert

• #26: October 18, 2024: In Search of a Theme

• #25: October 11, 2024: Fall Forum Report

• #24: October 4, 2024: The Coalface of Literature

• #23: September 27, 2024: The Afterlife of Emmett Till

• #22: September 20, 2024: Musical Voices

• #21: September 13, 2024: Children’s Literature Is Literature

• #20: September 6, 2024: Talking Shelf Talkers

• #19: August 30, 2024: Promoting Preorders

• #18: August 23, 2024: Republic of Consciousness Prize

• #17: August 16, 2024: America’s Greatest Living Writer

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• #12: July 12, 2024: First Author Event

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• #10: June 21, 2024: Celebrating Black Baseball

• #9: June 14, 2024: Bloomsday/Father’s Day

• #8: June 7, 2024: Old Bones, New Sign

• #7: May 31, 2024: Bookstore Dogs & Cats

• #6: May 24, 2024: STL Litfest & Bear v. Man

• #5: May 17, 2024: Serendipity

• #4: May 10, 2024: Met Gala & Impending Apocalypse

• #3: May 3, 2024: Big Books

• #2: April 25, 2024: Opening Day Announcement

• #1: February 26, 2024: Miniature Mobile Leviathan