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Published: July 27, 2017, 2:30 a.m.

On this episode of The Writer and the Critic your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond, announce the list of nominated books for the upcoming Patron's Choice episode in September. If you're a Patron with voting rights, get thee to the Patreon website to access the poll and choose which book you'd like them to discuss. The two books on the slab this month are two Finnish novels, City of Woven Streets by Emmi Itäranta [13:40] and Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff [43:35]. There is some relatively spoiler-free discussion about the similarities between the two beginning at [7:30].

For those listeners who would like to follow up on some things mentioned in the podcast:

• Brit Mandelo's review of Maresi on Tor.com
• Julia Gillard's Misogyny Speech on YouTube

If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:24:45 for brief final remarks. The books up for discussion next month are:

• Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!