1. Calico Joe
3. The Cove
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In which Tayari Jones knows why she sings, a sea turtle named Jammer is grateful to Mary Alice Monroe's readers, a couple of people get hot and bothered in Brevard, and Charlaine Harris discusses whether she is, or is not, a vampire.