Welcome to The Librarian Is In, The New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.
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Happy new year! Christopher Platt joins Gwen and Frank to talk about hate crimes, privacy and transparency, and how to start a revolution from your local library. Plus: Project Gutenberg reads, our technological future, and our crush on Carla Hayden.
What We're Reading Now
- A better explanation of the public domain from Duke's website
- E. Nesbit: The Wouldbegoodsand The Railway Children
- More authors on Project Gutenberg: Edgar Allen Poe, P. G. Wodehouse, and Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden
NYPL's suggestions for Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
Whiplash by Joi Ito & Jeff Howe
One in a Billion: The Story of Nic Volker and the Dawn of Genomic Medicine by Mark Johnson and Kathleen Gallagher
The Fade Out by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Christodoraby Tim Murphy
Cast Away: True Stories of Survival from Europe's Refugee Crisisby Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
Guest Star
Christopher Platt, the Library's Chief Branch Library Officer!
The New York Times article about hate crimes in libraries
Carla Hayden's interview at NYPL
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
The Children's Book by A. S. Byatt
Anything but Books
Frank: Cribbage
Christopher: Ella Fitzgerald sings the Johnny Mercer songbook
Gwen: #ReadersUnite and Slate's Mom and Dad Are Fighting podcast
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