Dance Your Books Off
The Librarian Is In
The New York Public Library
4.7 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2019
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Okay, what's the deal with librarians and musical theater? This week's guest, newly minted children's librarian Kevin Kelley, traces his origin story back to the stage. He also discusses kids' books about the queer experience and offers up a brand-new first for the guessing game.
Book Recommendations:
New Kid by Jerry Craft
The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg
Non-Book Recommendations:
"The Prom," a musical now playing on Broadway (LOTS of dancing!)
Have a laugh with the podcast "Throwing Shade"
And look back at episodes of "Gilmore Girls... still so enjoyable.
Also mentioned:
Go the Way Your Blood Beats: On Truth, Bisexuality and Desire by Michael Amherst
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Hurricaine Child by Kheryn Callender
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle
Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinkng Herself to Death by Erin Gibson
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to The Librarian is in the New York Public Libraries podcast about books, culture, and what to read next. |
| 0:13.9 | I'm Gwen. |
| 0:14.6 | And I'm Frank. |
| 0:15.8 | And we are joined today by Kevin. |
| 0:18.2 | Would you like to introduce yourself, Kevin? |
| 0:19.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:20.2 | Hi. |
| 0:20.7 | My name is Kevin. Kevin is a |
| 0:24.4 | new librarian. How long have you been in this system? Since December. So about two and a half, |
| 0:30.6 | almost three months. Two? Oh my time. You really are new. I'm brand new. I only just graduated |
| 0:34.7 | in December as well. So I graduated fresh. Wow. Library school started at New York Public Library. You work at a branch of the Bronx. Which branch again? Yeah, I'm at the Belmont branch. Belmont. Right off of Arthur Ave and the Little Italy of the Bronx. And you are from, now you can take it away. Tell us your journey about how you got to... |
| 0:55.6 | Up to this... |
| 0:56.8 | Starting from the minute you were born... |
| 0:58.1 | Okay. |
| 0:58.6 | ...till the first day at New York Public Library. |
| 1:00.8 | It's good. I'm so young. |
| 1:02.7 | That's a lie. |
| 1:04.2 | Okay, sorry. |
| 1:05.0 | So I was born in Missouri, in Columbia, Missouri, a little college town. |
| 1:10.8 | The first half of my life I spent, you guys know dance moms? |
| 1:14.4 | I started as like a... |
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