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Mar 2023
33m 46s

BFF's: Book Friends Forever

REACH OUT AND READ
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As we know, strong relationships are key to success in personal and professional endeavors. Our next guests combine both: Grace Lin, an award-winning author, and Alvina Ling, Editor-in-Chief at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, join us to talk about their professional success, how as Asian-American women they navigate an industry that still struggles with diversity, and, notably, how they draw on the friendship they've had since childhood to bolster themselves to do their important, much-needed work.

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