Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this week's episode, Melissa and Desiree interview special guest Grace Shim, who wrote The Noh Family. She grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma as one of two Korean-Americans at her high school (her sister was the other one). She embraces her Korean culture in her books and uses Korean sheet masks daily while cooking French Macarons.

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Website - gkshimwrites.com
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Book Recommendations - The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School, by Sonora Reyes: glac.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S185C1955873


Check out Season’s 4 Full Book List

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