Jessica tells Christine about The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and why it's been one of the top ten most banned books of the last decade, as well as the controversy around the author himself.

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Links to episode 6 quotations and further reading:

• Link to The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
• Anne Ursu's Medium article about sexual harassment in the children's book industry
• Kelly Jensen's work in Book Riot about sexual harassment in libraries (which inspired Ursu)
• "'It Just Felt Very Wrong': Sherman Alexie's Accusers Go on the Record," NPR, "All Things Considered, March 5, 2018 (which includes links to Alexie's statement on his website among other links)
• The three women quoted in the article whose work we want to feature: Jeanine Walker, Erika Wurth, and Elissa Washuta.