Pittsford Community Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians are back! They used the time off to read To Paradise, Hanya Yanagihara's 700-plus page follow-up to A Little Life, & discuss the journey through time in the latest episode. Find YFNL on your fave pod app or right here: https://anchor.fm/pittsfordlibrary https://t.co/uUYPqqka7D

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Chen Chen, the acclaimed Chinese American poet & winner of the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry & the A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize, visits in 2 days! @chenchenwrites is the author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (longlisted for the National Book Award). https://t.co/wjh6oDFemM

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Novelist & Pittsford native @ravi_mangla, author of The Observant, stopped by to chat w/ Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians about his 2022 novel, his writing style & favorite books, & what the @MCLS has meant to him. Listen on your fave pod app or here: https://t.co/11flzsxNhk https://t.co/7J9wFS6vOf

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Robin L. Flanigan dropped by the YFNL studio to chat about 100 Things to Do in Rochester Before You Die! They discuss the research & writing process behind the guide, hidden ROC gems, & @thekineticpen's favorite books. Listen here or on any podcast app: https://t.co/11flzsxNhk https://t.co/q3x4xtSbxF

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Come celebrate National Library Week by picking up a FREE copy of Susan Orlean's The Library Book! These complimentary copies are available due to the generosity of the Friends of the Pittsford Community Library. https://t.co/Ue0A1CHe21

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SO EXCITING: Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of Cackle, Such Sharp Teeth, & The Return, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel, visits PCL to share her story & read from her work on Sat., May 13, at 2pm! Don't miss it! https://t.co/VNOVsNAyZo

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians are back in the studio to discuss “To Paradise,” Hanya Yanagihara’s new novel. The pod drops 5/8, so there’s still time to finish the author’s 700-plus page follow-up to “A Little Life,” her operatic & equally door-stopping classic from 2015. https://t.co/EwkwGq197s

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Amanda Oliver, author of Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library, Zooms to PCL on 1/30 at 7pm! Based on experience from 6 years of work as a librarian, interviews and research, @aelaineo asks if American society can sustain these institutions. Register: https://t.co/FBJodxbxEk https://t.co/fQ02oFEQrg

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We can never get enough of @ravi_mangla explaining why PCL & the @MCLS are so important to him! The Pittsford native and author of The Observant visited Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians to record an episode of podcast back in the winter, but this still thrills us librarians! https://t.co/tArMJ8VaAs

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Way down the hold list for either a physical copy or Libby version of Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead? Give Hoopla a try! Pittsford residents w/ library cards have immediate access to both the eBook & eAudiobook versions of the 2022 Pulitzer winner! https://t.co/S1xS0Mi2pG