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Feb 2022
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80+ Bonus: Book Quiz

Ursula Lindsey and M Lynx Qualey
About this episode
All this season, we will be doing short book-quiz episodes with prizes donated by ten distinguished publishers. In this bonus episode, we give the answer to the question from Episode 79, "Not Yet Defeated," and a new challenge for listeners around our Episode 80 focus, Moroccan writer Malika Moustadraf. After you've listened, send your best guesses to bulaq@sowt.com. The first listener to respond with the right answer will get a book in the mail! 

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