The Librarian Is In

Join Frank and Rhonda as they discuss this month's book club pick: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James!

Happy Fall! Rhonda and Frank are ready for Spooky Season! This week they check in with each other and discuss what they've been reading!

Join Frank and Rhonda this week as they discuss Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None!

Join Frank as he welcomes YA librarian Susen Shi to discuss great new YA books. Rhonda will be back next week and she and Frank will be discussing our next 125 Books We Love book pick!

Join Frank and Rhonda as they discuss what they read this week!

Frank and Rhonda discuss An Extraordinary Union, by Alyssa Cole. 

Join Rhonda and Frank as they discuss their non-book club reading picks this week!

Frank and Rhonda discuss Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Rhonda and Frank chat with Ellen MacInnis, a children's librarian in NYPL to discuss the TRANSform NYPL project and pass along book recommendations from the Trans and Gender Non Conforming book list that they and fellow librarians put together.

Rhonda and Frank discuss their personal reading picks for the week and announce next month's book club pick. 

This week Frank and Rhonda discuss The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson.

Wilkommen! Join Frank and Rhonda this week for a little bit of musical theater and their personal book picks. Don't forget to get a copy of next week's Book Club pick - The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson!

Happy May! This week is Frank and Rhonda check in with each other, as we pass the 1 month mark of podcasting while social distancing. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. It's hard not to feel a little bit of cabin fever, especially as the weather warms. Do you find yourself dreaming of getting away? Get away for a bit with Rhonda and Frank as they discuss this month's pick from the NYPL's 125 Books We Love List, Denis Johnson's Train Dreams. 

Hello fellow social distancing book enthusiasts! How y'all doing? Does anyone know what day it is? What week? Is it still March? We hope everyone is staying safe and finding ways to stay sane as we navigate this unique and scary time together.  Escape with us for a bit while Frank and Rhonda discuss how they've been holding up and the importance of structure  during this time.  This week our hosts share what they've been reading while staying at home.

Hey all, happy April! Thanks for joining us again for another episode of  The Librarian Is In! This week Frank and Rhonda are discussing A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories  by Flannery O'Connor from the NYPL's 125 Books We Love List to read and discuss. We hope you had the chance to read along, too. 

Frank and Rhonda practice social distancing together (but separately!) to discuss the books they've read this week. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during this uncertain time. Settle in for a bit and listen to your favorite librarians discuss what they like to read (and listen to!) when they're stuck at home!

Frank and Rhonda discuss their non-125 list book picks this week!

Hi all! Thanks for joining us. This week is our inaugural book club episode! As they mentioned last episode, Frank and Rhonda picked Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin off the NYPL's 125 Books We Love list to read and discuss. We hope you had the chance to read along too. So without further ado - click "play" and be transported to 1950s Paris...

Didja miss us?! We missed you too! Thanks for joining us on the new season of The Librarian Is In. Our good pal Frank joins us again and welcomes our new co-host Rhonda Evans. Longtime listeners will remember Rhonda from her guest appearance on a previous episode! Rhonda shares with Frank some of her librarian background, favorite genres to read, and information about which branch she currently works, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.  Frank and Rhonda also discuss their top 5 picks on the New York Public Library's 125 Books We Love List! 

For the last episode of 2019, Gwen surprises Frank by reading one of his all time favorite books, Frank delves into the world of Trust Exercise and Gwen shares a personal announcement. Stay warm on those windswept moors everybody, and we'll see you in 2020!