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You Can't Always Get What You Want

Published: July 5, 2018, 10 a.m.

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Gwen is so moved by one of the three poems she brings to the studio that she can\'t even read it (she tried!). And Frank is transported\\xa0by\\xa0a novel about a marriage in Nigeria he can\'t NOT talk about it.\\xa0\\xa0Plus:\\xa0the\\xa0perils of social media and why\\xa0Frank feels he is pretty much free of\\xa0FOMO.\\xa0

Frank\'s Book Recommendation\\xa0

Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo

You can also listen to the author discuss this book on the NYPL podcasts here.

Gwen\'s Poetry Recommendations\\xa0

\\u201cAirplanes\\u201d by Maggie Smith, in the Spring/Summer issue of Ninth Letter\\xa0

\\u201cGhazal: America the Beautiful\\u201d by Alicia Ostriker, and the Dear Poet video series of her reading her own work

"Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver\\xa0

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