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Apr 4, 2019 47 min

Breaking the Mold

from The Librarian Is In Hosted by The New York Public Library

Gwen and Frank meet a handful of characters who aren't bothered by what other people think. Plus: the pros and cons of reading reviews, the extra voice in translations, and the no-person's-land between picture books and middle-grade fiction. Book Recommendations: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori Sarah Berman's Closet by Maira Kalman The Princess in Black series by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale, art by LeUyen Pham Also mentioned: The End of Eddy and History of Violence by Édouard Louis Bad Blood by John Carreyrou NYPL's Poem in Your Pocket Day Shrill — the Hulu series and the book by Lindy West

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