Raspberry Berets: The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 11

By Gwen Glazer, Librarian
April 28, 2016

Welcome to The Librarian is In, the New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.

Frank and Gwen turn the tables on NYPL's Jessica Strand this week, interviewing the host of Books at Noon about the coolest authors she's ever interviewed herself. Plus: Prince's book-related legacy and Frank's best Carson impression.

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Where have all the raspberry women gone?

What We're Reading Now

The V-Word: True Stories of First-Time Sex, ec. Amber J. Keyser

Missoula by Jon Krakauer

Teaching kids consent on Everyday Feminism

The Farewell Symphony  and Our Young Man by Edmund White

The episode of Slate's Culture Gabfest about how podcasts are an intimate audio experience

Tinkers by Paul Harding

Three Martini Lunch by Suzanne Rindell

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Hot Topix

What will happen to Prince's memoir?

The story about Prince donating $12K to keep the Western Branch Library open in Insider Louisville

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Check image from the Louisville Free Public Library.

Guest Star

Jessica Strand and Books at Noon

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Jess interviewing Colson Whitehead at Books at Noon in 2015.

Tracy K. Smith: Coming to Books at Noon, Life on Mars, Ordinary Light

The NYPL Podcast -- which we like to call "the other podcast" -- that includes recordings of Books at Noon

Sarah Ruhl

The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli

Podcast of Jessica's interview with her father, Mark Strand

NYPL's Bernstein Awards

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Word of the Week

Gwen: Demonym

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