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Ask a Librarian with Julie Chavez

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  • Let’s explore the stacks with the experts! Librarians specialize in helping you find what you’re looking for (and what you didn’t know you were looking for). Join Julie Chavez as she interviews librarians, library-loving authors, and book professionals who can tell us what happens with books before (and after) they get to the shelves. 


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    Music by Morning Moon Music.


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Episodes
  • Fiona Davis, THE SPECTACULAR

    Fiona Davis, THE SPECTACULAR
    Jun 22 2023

    New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis has found her sweet spot writing historical fiction set in and around iconic New York City buildings. In a moment where she found herself without an idea for her next book, she received a perfectly timed email from a woman who offered to tell her all about Radio City Music Hall. Fiona joins Julie in this episode to share about The Spectacular, her research on the Rockettes, her decision to discuss Parkinson’s Disease within the novel, and the real-life inspiration for Marion, the main character of the book. Julie and Fiona also discuss one of the novel’s core questions that remains relevant for women today: What is the cost of suppressing your own individuality and creativity?



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    34 mins
  • Anissa Gray, LIFE AND OTHER LOVE SONGS

    Anissa Gray, LIFE AND OTHER LOVE SONGS
    Jun 15 2023

    Anissa Gray’s second novel, Life and Other Love Songs, is a braided novel, and Julie thinks it reads like three-part harmony. The journalist and writer joins Julie in this episode to discuss the process of writing a second book on a deadline, the personal challenges Anissa faced in the season of writing this novel, and the reason that this book presented more growing opportunities for her as a writer. Julie and Anissa also discuss the joys of menopause, including insomnia! 




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    32 mins
  • Juana Medina, ELENA RIDES

    Juana Medina, ELENA RIDES
    Jun 8 2023
    When she was a child in Colombia, Juana Medina’s mom gave her a boom box to record her stories. Combined with a family that prioritized and nurtured art, Juana grew up seeing drawing as another language. Juana joins Julie in this episode to talk about her winding journey to becoming a professional author and illustrator, the reason we need to deemphasize the importance of pedigree in art, and why we should be encouraging children to continue drawing even as they learn to read and write. Juana’s latest title, Elena Rides, is light, but it had its origins in a serious injury that Juana sustained that changed her perspective, slowed her down, and became a meditation on purpose. 

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    41 mins
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