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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Our annual spelling bee,  words we can't pronounce, a trio of music recommendations, and of course what we're reading now.

Guest Star:  Jay Vissers

• Jay works in The New York Public Library's Picture Collection ( they have an awesome Instagram) and is also the winner of this year's City-Wide Library Staff Spelling Bee!
• Staff Spelling Bee photos (photo credit: Jonathan Blanc)
• That crazy word that won the National Spelling Bee last year
• Words Readers Can't Say blog post

Book & Non-Book Recommendations

Jay:  Front lines / Michael Grant

Operas by Georg Handel

Gwen:  North, south, east, west / by Margaret Wise Brown ; pictures by Greg Pizzoli

Camp Lisa and more music by Lisa Loeb

Frank:  The Art of Noise 

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