In Episode 3, Jessica tells Christine about Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo. This fast-paced book--which shows "what life might have been like for a queer Asian American girl who dreamed of rocket ships, growing up in the 1950s"--is a coming-of-age narrative with a love story. However, it's also a deeply poignant book that tells a story that is all too familiar: how a queer young person has to find hope in the midst of a complicated relationship with her family. Christine and Jessica have a poignant discussion about love, culture, families, and hope in the future for young people who might not always feel hope today.

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Episode 3 Links:

• Malinda Lo's website
• An excellent interview with Lo for Lambda Literary
• Britannica on McCarthyism
• Time on the Lavender Scare
• Jessica's knowledge about the history of immigration comes from her research for her first book, After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America

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