Michelle interviews author Marisa Silver about her latest book, At Last.

She also shares a few book recommendations:

Heartwood by Amity Gaige

The Guardian and The Thief by Megha Majumdar

Michelle, our reference librarian interviews cookbook author and nutritionist Geetu Makin about her cookbook, Makin it Healthy.

Michelle Marcus, reference librarian, interviewed author Libby Buck about her debut novel, Port Anna.

These are some of Libby's recommended books:

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

House of Beth by Kerry Cullen

Plainsong by Kent Haruf (First book in Plainsong series out of 3 books)

The series continues with a deeper look into the lives of the letter writers, from their school years to military service during WWII and more.

Narrator: Thomas Hoffman

Jacqueline Overton: Andrea Morale

Bill Delamar: Christopher Michael Grant

Ian, Michael, Kathleen and Vandana discuss a variety of topics and then the takes turns trying out Kathleen's steel pan drum to celebrate the upcoming Word Steelpan Day.

What did newcomer Kyle reveal that made Michael question reality? Listen to this pop-culture heavy episode that covers everything from the Critters franchise to this summer's movies to find out!

Michelle interviews author Lynda Cohen Loigman about her latest book, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern. She also shares some book recommendations which include:

The Maid's Secret (third in the Maid series) by Nita Prose

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

Far and Away by Amy Poeppel

The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis

It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

In 1949, librarian Jacqueline Overton asked members of the first generation to write about their memories at the Children's Library, Robert Bacon Memorial.

This episode introduces Miss Overton and the respondents, whose lives will be explored deeper in future episodes.

Narrator: Thomas Hoffman

Jacqueline Overton: Andrea Morale

Jimmy Queenan Jr. : Norman Bolling:

Billy Packer: Karl Santoro

Arthur Giblin: David Martin Chavez

Murray Johnson: Jordan Chaulk

Floyd Zulli, Jr. : Alex Nunez

Howard Griffin: Arthur Dobrin

Bill Delamar: Christopher Grant

Nick Werthessen: Tom Blake