You Can't Always Get What You Want: The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 98
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Gwen is so moved by one of the three poems she brings to the studio, that she can't even read it (she tried!). And Frank is transported by a novel about a marriage in Nigeria he can't NOT talk about it. Plus: the perils of social media and why Frank feels pretty much free of FOMO.
Frank's Book Recommendation
Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
You can also listen to the author discuss this book on the NYPL podcast here.
Gwen's Poetry Recommendations
Poem via Ninth Letter's Twitter
"Airplanes" by Maggie Smith, in the Spring/Summer issue of Ninth Letter (Smith in our library catalog).
"Ghazal: America the Beautiful" by Alicia Ostriker, and the Dear Poet video series of her reading her own work (Ostriker in our library catalog).
"Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver (Oliver in our library catalog).
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