TWICE a month, the librarians are in, with their favorite recommendations in Two Book Minimum, a toe-to-toe discussion on a book or topic, as well as news from the book world, updates from Lawrence Public Library, and beyond.
Two Book Minimum:
Hunger: A Memoir of (my) Body by Roxane Gay (2017)
My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent (2017)
Dying by Cory Taylor (2017)
The Dinner by Herman Koch (2009 / trans. 2013)
Instead of She Said/She Said, this episode addresses the wide world of HISTORICAL FICTION... find out what we have to say about this complicated genre!
News from LPL:
Ian from the Info Services team at LPL has started Doc Discussions, a documentary watching club! The inaugural event is Saturday, Sept 16th (events will take place on the 3rd Saturday of each month)
Banned Book Trading Cards are coming! Our guest presenter will be... Zora Neale Hurston! Performed by Dr. Carmaletta Williams, a retired professor of English & African American Studies, AND an Emmy-winning performer. Dr. Williams has been working on the upcoming Langston Hughes documentary, I, Too, Sing America.
The Banned Book Trading Cards reveal is at 5pm on Friday, Sept. 22nd in the LPL Auditorium
Show Notes: http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/2017/09/book-squad-podcast-011-hist-fic-and-books-that-hurt-yer-guts/
This episode was produced by Jim Barnes in the Sound & Vision studio. Theme song by Heidi Lynne Gluck.
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Happy reading and listening! xo, Polli & Kate