CTA: see what your city / area are doing to take care of unhoused people, see how we can contribute.

Find Sujin Witherspoon on Instagram or on her website. You can preorder Seyoon and Dean, Unscripted from Elliott Bay Book Company – it’s out April 7, 2026! In the meantime, check out and read Sujin’s debut, Bingsu for Two!

Publishers Brunch (with Karis) is hosted by Karis Rogerson, and you can add her debut, Nat and Cami’s Guide to Running an Undercover GSA, on Goodreads. Find out more about Karis and her books on her website.

Resources for resisting ICE in Minneapolis and beyond.

Call your senators.

Gabriella Gamez can be found @GabbyWritesALot on all social media, including Instagram. Pre-order SECOND FIRST DATES / order NEXT BEST FLING and KISS ME, MAYBE wherever you buy your books, or here.

Follow Publishers Brunch on Instagram; find Karis online.

Add Nat and Cami’s Guide to Running an Undercover GSA on Goodreads.

TRIGGER WARNING – discussions of ICE raids & shootings 3:45-4:25.

CALL TO ACTION: call your representatives & Senators about Venezuela, ICE, and Kristi Noem: https://5calls.org/.

Find more about guests Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone online. Order Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl, out Jan. 13, 2026.

BOOKS MENTIONED: Bedding the Bedding by Annara Layne; This Time, Next Year by Ruby Barrett; Heated Rivalry* Marriage and Masti by Nisha Sharma; Like Lovers Do by Tracey Livesay; ABO Desire (TV and webseries); Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi; Teacher of the Year and Husband of the Year by M.A. Wardell.

Find Julie Murphy on Instagram and find Sierra Simone, also on Instagram. Their joint website is here.

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*some book links lead to Bookshop.org and are affiliate links which will net me a small commission at no extra cost to you if you purchase through them.

Elizabeth Stephens chatted with host Karis Rogerson.

CTA: Donate to a local food bank. I chose Food Bank for New York City.

Katee Robert & Bonkers Romance.

Nicholas Erik marketing for authors as a resource for authors and helping Elizabeth make authoring a full-time career.

Elizabeth mentioned watching Bon Appetit, Your Majesty, the K-Drama. It is available on Netflix! As for obsessions, she loved Physical: Asia for a competition show, as well as Great British Baking Show.

We chatted about horror romance – listen to my other podcast’s episode about horror romance, featuring Mackenzie Reed!

Isabel Cañas was mentioned as an example of an author writing in the horror / romance space.

Books recommended: False Play by Yinn Quirós; Strikeout by Millie Perez; At First Smile by Melissa Whitney; Now You See Him by Nina Saxena.

Follow Elizabeth Stephens on Instagram and Threads or find her website online.

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Introduction to me! And also what this podcast is about, plus some mental health updates from Karis.

CTA – New visa regulations floated – these are just proposed changes and you CAN comment on them if you have concerns: until Feb. 9, 2026, you can submit a comment that must reference OMB Control Number 1651-0111 and be sent to: CBP_PRA@cbp.dhs.gov.

CTA – ICE – Kilmar Abrego Garcia released, can’t be re-detained. Know Your Rights if ICE is in your area / tries to talk to you.

Reading lately: After the End kickstarter & Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid. I’ll Have What He’s Having and It Had to be Him by Adib Khorram.

Find Mazey Eddings online and on Instagram. Pre-order You Won’t Forget Me, out June 9, 2026!

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An introduction to Publishers Brunch (with Karis), a podcast in which I, Karis Rogerson, interview some favorite romance authors with questions that are meant to represent what we’d talk about at brunch, LOL. I also talked about the community-building aspect of the podcast, something that I hope will come true – we can build community and fight fascism together.

Mention of Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers & Bowen Yang.

This episode’s call to action is to donate to the USCPR to help in their work toward freedom for Palestinians – none of us are free until all of us are free.

Books mentioned: Wild and Wrangled + Swift and Saddled by Lyla Sage; Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid. (Bookshop.org links are affiliate and may net me a small commission at no extra cost to you).

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