On the very first episode of Plain Air, Pulitzer-prize winning illustrator Médar de la Cruz discusses the importance of libraries and his life-changing experience working in the New York prison system. Médar explains how he tackles heavy subject matter, maintains joy in hopeless situations, how art and humor relates to resilience, and much, much more.

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