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In this episode, our guest is librarian Valerie Reif. She shares her interest in autobiography and memoir and recommends some wonderful reads. Where else will you hear people discussing Chaucer, Lyndon Johnson and Shirley MacLaine in the same conversation?

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Show Notes

Thanks for listening!

Interested in hearing more from regional authors? Check out some of our other episiodes including Topeka Poets, Literary Arty Awards, Sandra Moran, and Kansas Notable Books.

 

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Lissa Staley

Lissa Staley helps people use the library. She is a Book Evangelist, Trivia Emcee, Classics Made Modern book discussion leader, NaNoWriMo Municipal Liaison, and frequent library customer. She loves her kids, being a librarian, living in Topeka, and helping people form connections and community. (She's the Community Connections Librarian!) She reads a new book every few days, but is enjoying the audiobook of "Empress of Forever" by Max Gladstone, the ebook "When We Were Magic" by Sarah Gailey and is eagerly awaiting John Scalzi's "The Last Emperox" in April!