Welcome to The Librarian Is In, The New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.

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We kick off our weekly podcast adventure with the founders of Black Girls Create! We talk about what it's like to be a black girl nerd, defaulting to whiteness in books and pop culture, nerds vs. geeks vs. dweebs, feminism and visibility and representation -- and, of course, sooooo much Harry Potter.

Guest Stars: Bayana and Robyn

Black Girls Create:

• The blog 
• The #WizardTeam podcast (and here's the episode in which they talk about seeing The Cursed Child)
• Hogwarts BSU
• Black Woman Creators

All the Harry Potter stuff in the library -- books in multiple languages, all the films, soundtracks... go nuts!

Pick-Up by Charles Willeford

Moonlight

Book & Non-Book Recommendations

Robyn: Wizards in Space literary magazine, The Harry Potter Alliance and The Expanse

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