In this episode, Kathleen Kirk previews a very special visiting poets event (11:31), and Mari McKeeth recommends a pile of novels based on the works of Shakespeare (14:57). Plus, we reveal the name of the new recurring cookbook segment (spoiler alert: it's a really geeky librarian in-joke).

Kathleen recommends:

http://www.vianegativa.us/

Night Willow and Ode to the Heart Smaller than a Pencil Eraser by Luisa A. Gloria

Jared recommends:

The River Cottage Meat Book by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Mari recommends:

A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

Fool by Christopher Moore

From the Hogarth Shakespeare Project:

The Gap of Time by Jeannette Winterson

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler

Hag-seed by Margaret Atwood

New Boy by Tracy Chevalier

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