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This Is Not the Foe You're Looking For
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Oct 18, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Gwen and Frank tackle a near-future dystopian novel about space colonization and a sobering work of journalism about the fallacy of modern philanthropy. Plus: why pho is objectively the best food ever. Frank and Gwen's Recommendations Haaaave you read "The Yellow Wallpaper" yet? Try the Insta Novel! Frank's old favorites: Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith, Pure Hollywood and Other Stories by Christine Schutt, I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid Foe by Iain Reid Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas, and his recent conversation with Joy-Ann Reid His previous book, The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas, which won NYPL's Bernstein Award in 2015
Released:
Oct 18, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Introducing Ourselves: Ep. 1: Hello, listeners! "The Librarian is In" is the New York Public Library's new podcast about books, culture, and what to read next. On this, the very first episode, your hosts Frank and Gwen talk about book shame, their reading origin stories, the glory of by The Librarian Is In