New Fiction! New Fiction! The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 124

By Gwen Glazer, Librarian
January 10, 2019
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Gwen gets fired up about reading—you guessed it—new fiction this year, while Frank dips into the backlist of a new favorite author. Plus: New Year's resolutions, The Bachelor, and the best short stories of 2018.

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Some deeply creepy New Year's wishes, ca. 1909, via NYPL's digital collections. Image ID: 1588004.

Book Recommendations

Best American Short Stories 2018, ed. by Roxane Gay

The Children's Bach by Helen Garner

The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley

Encyclopedia Britannica's quick summary of "Beowulf"—or check out lots of versions of the actual poem from the Library

Non-Book Recommendations

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