Arts:Books
Gwen and Frank meet a handful of characters who aren't bothered by what other people think. Plus: the pros and cons of reading reviews, the extra voice in translations, and the no-person's-land between picture books and middle-grade fiction.
Book Recommendations:
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori
Sarah Berman's Closet by Maira Kalman
The Princess in Black series by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale, art by LeUyen Pham
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The End of Eddy and History of Violence by Édouard Louis
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
NYPL's Poem in Your Pocket Day
Shrill — the Hulu series and the book by Lindy West
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