Episode 18: Libraries ROCK! Summer Reading is in full swing and in this episode we take that theme literally with biographer Peter Ames Carlin as we discuss his biographies of Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson. Plus Professor Karl Alexander, co-editor of “The Summer Slide: What We Know and Can Do About Summer Learning Loss” provides insight into why summer educational efforts like Summer Reading are so important for student acheivement.