The gang examines libraries of the past, present, and future in this special episode on our favorite writing about libraries.
Mike discusses The Library Book by Susan Orlean and Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer, the true story of how a group of librarians smuggled hundreds of thousands of rare volumes to safety in 2012.
Christina reminisces about the neighborhood library of her childhood, and discusses the freeing argument at the heart the essay “Northwest London Blues” from Feel Free by Zadie Smith.
Jen talks about Freedom Libraries by Mike Selby (Hear more about this title on NYPL’s The Librarian Is In Podcast, Episode 162 “How Y’all Doin’?”) Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg (Check out Brooklyn Public Library’s Borrowed Podcast, Season 3 Episode 1 “Reopening, Reimagining.”) and Encoding Space by Brian Mathews and Leigh Ann Soistmann, a book about what library spaces could be that she comes back to time and again for inspiration.
The American Library Association's National Library Week runs April 4th-10th, 2021. Learn more at ala.org.
