We Love Men! The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 5
Welcome to The Librarian is In, the New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.
Taboo subjects in adult and children's books alike abound on our fifth episode. Plus, find out what makes a "rare book" rare with our very own rare book librarian, Jessica Pigza.
Margery Sharp, our new favorite author.
What We're Reading Now
The New York Review of Books and NYRB Classics
Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson
Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life by Adam Phillips
Stoner by John Williams
The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett, and the idea of American literary regionalism
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
Hot Topix
A Fine Dessert and A Birthday Cake for George Washington
Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Everything by Maira Kalman
Kalman's illustration of Jefferson's home, Monticello.
Monticello image and a great Q&A from KQED
Best Friends for Frances by Tom and Lillian Hoban
Guest Star
Jessica Pigza's very own book, Bibliocraft
The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff
The Slow Food movement and the Slow Fashion movement
Margery Sharp: Something Light (NYPL's copy in the General Research Division and used copies available on AbeBooks) and The Rescuers
Spinster by Kate Bolick
Turning Our Pages Word of the Week
Gwen: "Broad." Broad City is back!
Jessica: "Bread." Beard on Bread by James Beard.
Frank: "Oy vey." Just because.
Thanks for listening, and find us online @NYPLRecommends, the Bibliofile blog, and nypl.org. Or email us at recommendations@nypl.org!