20 Geoffrey Arend, Maura Deedy - Reading Aloud

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This week’s show kicks off with Geoffrey Arend reading a popular piece from McSweeney's Internet Tendency "A Realistic Assessment of How Many 12 yr olds I Could Beat Up Before They Overtook me" by Matt Schweiger live from UCB. Then, Nate has an in depth interview with Maura Deedy, Head of Reference & Adult Services from his childhood library, the Tufts Library in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Lastly, Nate reads often quoted graduation speech given by David Foster Wallace, called "This is Water". Don't forget to pick up the next Book Club Book, "God Help The Child", by Toni Morrison!

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This episode was published on May 15, 2015.

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This week’s show kicks off with Geoffrey Arend reading a popular piece from McSweeney's Internet Tendency "A Realistic Assessment of How Many 12 yr olds I Could Beat Up Before They Overtook me" by Matt Schweiger live from UCB. Then, Nate has an in...

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