Author Laura Bird shares some of the big “beach reads” you’ll see on summertime book lists. And she’ll tell you how to find out about some of those upcoming books as early as she does. And we’ll review a controversy in Eagle River that shouldn’t be a controversy, but that won’t stop some local politicians from trying to suppress protests they can’t simply wish away.

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