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This week, hosts Crystal and Frank were joined for a chat by AJ Muhammad, the Head Reference Librarian in the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.  

This week hosts Frank and Crystal discuss an eclectic assortment of books: Bambi (yes, the one that inspired the movie), Belly of the Beast by Da'Shaun Harrison, and the manga series Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku.

In this episode, our hosts are joined by NYPL's Julie Golia. Settle in for a great episode about how curators select pieces for collections, the history of advice columns, the guessing game and another tarot reading.

In this episode, hosts Frank and Crystal discuss 'The Twilight Zone' (again!) by Nona Fernandez and, in anticipation of the Schomburg Center's 10th Annual Black Comic Book Festival (January 13–15), Crystal does a survey of some of her favorite comic books written by Black authors.

To end the year, hosts Frank and Crystal discuss their latest reads—'The Twilight Zone' by Nona Fernandez and 'The Temple of the Golden Pavilion' by Yukio Mishima—as well as their favorite books of the year.

Our hosts, Frank and Crystal, kicked off this episode with a chat about the new 'West Side Story' movie before talking about Silvia Moreno-Garcia's novel 'Velvet Was the Night,' one of NYPL"s Best Books of 2021.

In this episode, Frank and Crystal's far-reaching discussion covers their relationship to work, favorite 90s sitcoms, an essay about the aftershocks of trauma, and "light, friendly, and fun" audiobook listens.

What's a cozy book to you? Frank and Crystal discuss this and their cozy reads of the week—a celebrity memoir and a rom-com murder mystery.

In this episode, Frank discusses Lydia Millet's novel 'A Children's Bible,' and then he and Crystal dissect the viral article "Who Is the Bad Art Friend?"

Our hosts, Frank and Crystal, tackled a supernatural horror read this month—Stephen Graham Jones's 'The Only Good Indians' which they found "pulse-pounding" and "psychologically disturbing." Spoiler: they both liked it, too.

In this episode, Frank and Crystal discuss Kazua Ishiguro's novel 'Klara and the Sun' and 'Half World,' a YA fantasy novel by Hiromi Goto.

New to our podcast? Here are some of our favorites to get started with. Old fan? We hope you enjoy revisiting these episodes with Frank, Gwen, Rhonda, and Crystal!

In this episode, our hosts chose a book that they felt fit the theme of "Required Reading." Frank chose a classic—'Great Expectations'—while Crystal chose a graphic novel—'Blue Period'—about the struggles of life as an artist.

In this episode, Frank and Crystal discuss 'Felon: Poems' by Reginald Dwayne Betts and the novel 'The Death of the Heart' by Elizabeth Bowen.

In this episode Frank and Crystal discuss Nghi Vo's debut novel, an adaptation of 'The Great Gatsby'.

In this episode, Frank and Crystal talk about a teen superhero comic book and a celebrity-written work about beauty and aging.

This week Crystal and Frank broke with their track record of reading "very serious" novels to read a fun memoir by the well-known and VERY glamorous Mariah Carey.

In this episode, our intrepid hosts discuss the novel 'Let's Get Back to the Party' by Zak Salih and the dystopian sci-fi book 'Trail of Lightening' by Rebecca Roanhorse.

This week, listen to Frank and Crystal discuss Bryan Washington's debut novel set in Houston and Japan.