May Book Club: Train Dreams: The Librarian Is In, Ep 163
The Librarian Is In
The New York Public Library
4.7 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Happy May! This week is Frank and Rhonda check in with each other, as we pass the 1 month mark of podcasting while social distancing. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. It's hard not to feel a little bit of cabin fever, especially as the weather warms. Do you find yourself dreaming of getting away? Get away for a bit with Rhonda and Frank as they discuss this month's pick from the NYPL's 125 Books We Love List, Denis Johnson's Train Dreams.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody and welcome to The Librarian is in the New York Public Libraries |
| 0:20.1 | podcast about books, culture, and what to read next. |
| 0:24.7 | I am Frank. |
| 0:26.4 | And I'm Rhonda. |
| 0:27.9 | And here we are. |
| 0:29.4 | How are you, Rhonda? |
| 0:31.0 | I am doing pretty good. |
| 0:32.7 | You know, we're in, it's been, what, a little over a month now that we've been, uh, doing the podcast |
| 0:38.8 | from our respective home. So, you know, kind of getting used to the situation. How are you |
| 0:45.5 | doing? I'm doing okay. I mean, I guess as good as anybody can. I mean, better than some. And |
| 0:52.8 | I feel grateful and I don't know. I find it |
| 0:55.8 | interesting. I think I probably said this before, but it's interesting with a different way of living |
| 1:01.8 | to see how one evolves or how one changes or starts sensing change in one's own behavior and feelings. |
| 1:13.3 | I don't know. |
| 1:13.7 | It's interesting to me. |
| 1:14.5 | Like the other day, I had a flurry of cleaning and crazy cooking and just did so much. |
| 1:21.7 | And then the next day, I was like, dead. |
| 1:24.2 | I know. |
| 1:25.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:25.4 | Some days, well, that's good with the cooking and the cleaning. It's kind of a way of self-care. And then, you know, yeah. Some days, well, that's good with the cooking and the cleaning. |
| 1:28.2 | It's kind of a way of self-care. |
| 1:30.6 | And then, you know, even just the other way is relaxing. |
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