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 by a novel about a marriage in Nigeria he can’t NOT talk about it.  Plus: the perils of social media and why Frank feels he is pretty much free of FOMO. 

Frank’s Book Recommendation 

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 

“Airplanes” by Maggie Smith, in the Spring/Summer issue of Ninth Letter 

“Ghazal: America the Beautiful” by Alicia Ostriker, and the Dear Poet video series of her reading her own work

“Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver