Libraries aren’t as quiet as they used to be. A podcast for library lovers and the library curious. Book chatter with librarians, community perspectives and author interviews
Episodes
Saturday Sep 10, 2022
Saturday Sep 10, 2022
This week, ahead of Banned Books Week, we're talking about the new grassroots coalition, MI Right To Read, organized by the Michigan Library Association to oppose any attempts to ban books from Michigan libraries based on content subjectively deemed inappropriate. You can find more information online at: https://www.mirighttoread.com/take-action
Saturday Sep 03, 2022
Saturday Sep 03, 2022
[ENCORE] This week, we're listening back to our 2nd episode ever, way back in January of 2020, talking about the modern history of our library with Kevin Deegan Krause, former Board Director & Friend of the Library. We talk a lot about civic refurbishment, renovations, architecture, and science fiction! And we'll be back next week with another NEW episode, so stay tuned!
Saturday Aug 27, 2022
Saturday Aug 27, 2022
Finally, an episode for the nonfiction fans. Today, we're talking about our favorite narrative nonfiction books - books that tell true stories but are written with the flair of a novel.
Titles discussed include:
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
The Living Great Lakes by Jerry Dennis
The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Just Mercy by Brian Stevenson
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Taste by Stanely Tucci
Did Ye Hear Mammie Died by Seamus O'Reilly
Dreamland by Sam Quinones
Raising Lazarus by Beth Macy
Trouble Boys by Bob Mehr
As You Wish by Cary Elwes
Zealot - Reza Aslan
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Great Bridge by David McCullough
Saturday Aug 20, 2022
Saturday Aug 20, 2022
Can our librarians describe Top Gun having never seen it? Today on the podcast, our staff are playing a little game: trying to accurately describe a popular novel, film, or other ephemera from pop culture solely by what we've HEARD about it..., and then we'll judge each other's responses. This should be fun. The alternate title of this episode is "Everyone's Muppets."
Titles discussed (SPOILER alerts for all):
Top Gun (1986)
Dune (1984)
Bridgerton (series)
Slaughterhouse-Five
The DaVinci Code
The Moomins books/show
Squid Game
Succession
Jurassic Park
Saturday Aug 13, 2022
Saturday Aug 13, 2022
Mary Grahame & Rodi join Jeff to, once again, discuss the romance genre. We talk about the Flea Bag-ification of Jane Austen adaptations; the Failure to Launchization of animated book covers, the lost art of the Rom Com, a few of our particular favorite romance novelists, and we especially discuss Bridgerton.
[Content warning for Bridgerton Season 1, from 22:45-23:15 & 27:30-28:00]
Authors discussed include: Kimberly Lemming, KJ Charles, Alice Clayton, Sophie Irwin, and of course, Beverly Jenkins.
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
We've started a new Graphic Novel Book Club! (First meeting is August 16). So, this week on "A Little Too Quiet," we're discussing GRAPHIC NOVELS! Just in time for the tv adaptations of Sandman and the Paper Girls). Titles discussed include:
Habibi by Craig Thompson
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Maus by Art Spiegalman
Giant Days by John Allison and Lissa Treiman
Buddha by Osamu Tezuka