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Apr 2022
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Women Authors (w/ Jacqueline Woodson)

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This week on the season finale of In Fact, Chelsea is sitting down with best-selling and award winning author Jacqueline Woodson. They discuss her early inspirations, the importance and recent politicization of children’s books, the progress we’ve made towards equality and what’s next - in the publishing industry and beyond.

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