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As 2024 comes to a close, we wrap up our year on Connections with an annual tradition: conversations about favorite books!
We talk to a number of people throughout the region about their favorite books that they read in 2024. From nonfiction guides and narrative nonfiction to poetry and debut novels, there's something for all readers in this two-part, pre-recorded discussion.
Our guests:
- Mona Seghatoleslami, music director, host, and producer for WXXI Classical 91.5 FM
“The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” by Michael Chabon - Justin Murphy, research and communications coordinator for Our Local History, former journalist, and author of “Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger: School Segregation in Rochester, New York”
“Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York” by Ross Perlin
“Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books” by Aaron Lansky - Mari Tsuchiya, Connections volunteer and former librarian
“Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder” by Asako Yuzuki, Translated by Polly Barton
“Mina’s Matchbox” by Yoko Ogawa, Translated by Stephen B. Snyder - Sareer Fazili, president and chairman of the board of the Monroe County Bar Association
“Colonizing Kashmir: State-building under Indian Occupation” by Hafsa Kanjwal - Mona Isler, executive office administrator at WXXI
“Nubia: The Awakening” and “Nubia: The Reckoning” by Clarence A. Haynes and Omar Epps - K.E. Semmel, author of “The Book of Losman”
“When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl's Book” by Naja Marie Aidt, Translated by Denise Newman
*Note: To listen to part one of this conversation, click here.
