Books can teach you to love yourself. If you let them.

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How do you convince people to read more novels? You could ask author Jason Reynolds for a start. The acclaimed author of young adult novels, Look Both Ways , Long Way Down , and Ghost joins host Brittany Luse to discuss...

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