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Holiday Gift Suggestions for Book-Lovers from Nancy Pearl

Aired on Wednesday, December 13th.

On this edition of StudioTulsa, we speak once again with our longtime book reviewer, Nancy Pearl. A retired librarian, bestselling author, literary critic, and former Tulsan, Nancy, now based in Seattle, is a well-known reading advocate who was named the 2011 Librarian of the Year by Library Journal. Here are the books that she recommended to us on today's program:
 
"The Talented Ribkins" by Ladee Hubbard
 
"10 Restaurants That Changed America" by Paul Freedman
 
"4321: A Novel" by Paul Auster
 
"Seven-Day Magic" by Edward Eager  
 
"A Long Way from Verona" by Jane Gardam
 
"Uncivil Seasons" by Michael Malone
 
"Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter" by Tom Franklin
 
"Lucky Ones" by Julianne Pachico
 
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Rich Fisher is celebrating his 40th year of service to Public Radio Tulsa. Since 2000, he has been the general manager of Public Radio Tulsa, and previously served as the host of the public affairs program, StudioTulsa, which ran from 1992-2021. Prior to that, he served as music director, a program host and operations director for the station.
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