On Episode 88, Alli and her guest Uli Beutter Cohen discuss their first experience reading Louise Erdrich’s The Birchbark House, which was a National Book Award finalist for young people’s fiction in 1999. In their conversation, they get real about the gaps in American education regarding the true history of indigenous people, talk about the importance of own voices stories, and share their love for the ways in which Erdrich’s work connects both readers and characters to the natural world. Uli Beutter Cohen is the creator and editor of the Subway Book Review. Her work has been featured in New York Magazine, Esquire, Vogue, Glamour, Forbes, and The Guardian, among others. Follow the Subway Book Review on Instagram (@subwaybookreview).