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This episode is brought to you by our soon-to-be-rival podcast, dreamed up by YA librarian Crystal Chen—who's also this week's guest! All rights reserved by her! We talk musicals, poetry, what it really means to create a list of "best" books, and professional development for library staff members.
Book Recommendations
NYPL's Best Poetry Books (and our most recent best books lists)
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright
Bad Blood Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Kiss Number 8 by Colleen A.F. Venable
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Also recommended:
The Woodstock Library in the Bronx
ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response
"VEEP" and "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"
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This episode is brought to you by our soon-to-be-rival podcast, dreamed up by YA librarian Crystal Chen—who's also this week's guest! All rights reserved by her! We talk musicals, poetry, what it really means to create a list of "best" books, and professional development for library staff members.
Book Recommendations
NYPL's Best Poetry Books (and our most recent best books lists)
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright
Bad Blood Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Kiss Number 8 by Colleen A.F. Venable
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Also recommended:
The Woodstock Library in the Bronx
ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response
"VEEP" and "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"

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