Westbury Library Podcasts

The series concludes with the life of Westbury-born Howard Griffin, a writer and world-traveler whose friends included W.H. Auden, Frank O'Hara, Marianne Moore, Jean Garrigue and Nell Blaine.

Reference Librarian Ian Bloomfield welcomes Chas Henry, author of Fuji Fire: Sifting Ashes of a Forgotten U.S. Marines Corps Tragedy. Ian and Chas are joined by several men who survived the incidents described in the book and have not seen or spoken to each other in the almost fifty years since.

Members of the Westbury Senior Center's 'Senior Writers Write' workshop read selections of their work. Contributors include Tuesday Jordan, Carolyn Barry-Ginyard, Alourde Augustin, William Joseph and Catherine Strong. Facilitated by Carmen Lloyd.

Michelle, reference librarian interviews debut author Rebecca Fallon about her book Family Drama. Rebecca also shares two books she read recently that she recommends; Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

Michelle interviews author Marisa Silver about her latest book, At Last. She also shares a few book recommendations: Heartwood by Amity Gaige The Guardian and The Thief by Megha Majumdar

This episode focuses on two letter writers who found their callings in academia: Nick Werthessen, a prolific research scientist, and Floyd Zulli, Jr., a literature professor who became a national celebrity through the popular television course, Sunrise Semester . Narrator: Thom Hoffman Billy Packer: Carl Santoro Nick Werthessen: Tom Blake Floyd Zulli, Jr.: Alex Nunez

Michelle, our reference librarian interviews cookbook author and nutritionist Geetu Makin about her cookbook, Makin it Healthy.

Michelle Marcus, reference librarian, interviewed author Libby Buck about her debut novel, Port Anna. These are some of Libby's recommended books: Orbital by Samantha Harvey House of Beth by Kerry Cullen Plainsong by Kent Haruf (First book in Plainsong series out of 3 books)

The series continues with a deeper look into the lives of the letter writers, from their school years to military service during WWII and more. Narrator: Thomas Hoffman Jacqueline Overton: Andrea Morale Bill Delamar: Christopher Michael Grant

Ian, Michael, Kathleen and Vandana discuss a variety of topics and then the takes turns trying out Kathleen's steel pan drum to celebrate the upcoming Word Steelpan Day.

What did newcomer Kyle reveal that made Michael question reality? Listen to this pop-culture heavy episode that covers everything from the Critters franchise to this summer's movies to find out!

Michelle interviews author Lynda Cohen Loigman about her latest book, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern. She also shares some book recommendations which include: The Maid's Secret (third in the Maid series) by Nita Prose The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Far and Away by Amy Poeppel The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

In 1949, librarian Jacqueline Overton asked members of the first generation to write about their memories of the Children's Library, Robert Bacon Memorial. This episode introduces Miss Overton and the Letter Writers, whose lives will be explored in-depth in future episodes. Narrator: Thomas Hoffman Jacqueline Overton: Andrea Morale Jimmy Queenan Jr. : Norman Bolling Billy Packer: Karl Santoro...

In our nerdiest episode yet, Michael and Steve from IT discover an interesting common link and discuss video games, comic books, wrestling, voice actors, Lex Luthors and more!

Carmen, Michael, Jason, and Ian discuss travel, music, and famous people they'd like to meet.

The second part with more of Michelle's book loving friend's from the Friends and Fiction group. We discuss more books we loved in the recent months. Here are some of the books we discussed: Call Her Freedom by Tara Dorabji The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova Between You and Me by Susan Wiggs The Sto...

Newcomer Tuesday joins regulars Michael and Jason, and old friend Tigs returns as well.

Michelle interviews debut author Tara Dorabji about her book, Call Her Freedom and learns about what it is like to be a winner of the Books Like Us Award from Simon and Schuster. She also shared some great book recommendations including: The Things We Didn't Know by Elba Iris Perez The Sons of El Rey by Alex Espinoza Martyr by Kaveh Akbar

Michael and Jason talk about opportunities for skills development and independence with Melody, one of the Library’s social work interns. Michael also performs more of his voice characterizations.

Michelle interviews author Rachel Linden about her latest book, The Recipe for a Charmed Life. She also shared two books she read recently she really enjoyed. These include: The Starlets by Jennifer Thorne and Lee Kelly The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

Jason and Michael return to discuss movies and voice acting with Ian, aka ‘Sham Rockwell’.

Ian and Carmen discuss popular podcasts and video games with newcomers Jason and Michael.

Michelle, reference librarian has a discussion with three of her book loving friends, Maria, Marilyn and Debby. She met them through Friends and Fiction, an author group that promotes their book and other authors. Here are the books that they shared that they enjoyed and the other related books that were mentioned: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (Michelle) When We Meet Again by Kristin Harmel (M...

This is a prerecorded interview from a virtual visit at the Westbury Memorial Public Library with Elba Iris Perez back in June 2024. Some of the books she recommended included: On Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong The Night Travelers by Armando Lucas Correa Things They Lost by Okwiri Oduor

Patrick, Judy, Carmen and Anthony have an interesting discussion that covers a variety of topics. Views, thoughts and opinions expressed in Mixer Monday aresolely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect those of the Westbury Library.