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Book Picks - The Golden Notebook

Book Cover - If Beale Street Could Talk

  James Conrad from The Golden Notebook in Woodstock, NY joins us with this week's Book Picks.

List:
“Year of Wonder: Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day” by Clemency Burton-Hill
“The Dutchess and Guy: A Rescue to Royalty Puppy Love Story” by Nancy Furstinger and illustrated by Julia Bereciartu
“Mississippi Vegan: Recipes and Stories from a Southern Boy's Heart” by Timothy Pakron
“Late in the Day” by Tessa Hadley
“McGlue” by Ottessa Moshfegh
“Cane” by Jean Toomer
“If Beale Street Could Talk” by James Baldwin
“Seduction: Sex, Lies and and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood” by Karina Longworth

Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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