The 12th Story returns with a recap of the "In Pieces" group's discussion of 1,001 Arabian Nights, featuring Mercantile Book Advisor Hillary Copsey, group leader Joe Heyd, and Xavier University Associate Professor Stephen Yandell.

Episode #77 - 1,001 Arabian Nights

Linda Seiter, Executive Director of Caracole, Greater Cincinnati's AIDS service organization in Northside, talks to Carter Sickels about his new book The Prettiest Star.

Episode #76 - The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels

An irreverent, spoiler-filled discussion of Ann Patchett's The Dutch House, led by Lit Review host Virginia Anderson and featuring Mercantile member Lindsay Nichols.

Episode #75 - The Lit Review - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

An irreverent, spoiler-filled discussion of Sally Rooney's Normal People, led by Virginia Anderson, one of the Mercantile's most avid readers.  Featuring Joshua Chowdhury and Curtis Scribner.

Episode #74 - The Lit Review - Normal People by Sally Rooney

Hillary talks with Withrow High School English teacher Olivia McKinney about Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give, the YWCA's Real Reads discussion book for February and March.  Interspersed with Hillary and Olivia's conversation are audio clips of Olivia's students describing their interactions with police officers.

Episode #73 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Joe Heyd and Mary Curran Hackett talk about the Mercantile's Impossible Dreamers group, which is reading Don Quixote in manageable chunks.

Episode #72 - The Impossible Dreamers read Don Quixote

Katherine Durack discusses The Genius of Liberty, a podcast series about the crucial yet forgotten role Ohio played in the fight for woman suffrage.  The Genius of Liberty is produced in partnership with the Mercantile Library.

Episode #71 - Katherine Durack on The Genius of Liberty podcast

The Mercantile and the Mini Microcinema are teaming up to offer a new discussion group exploring films and the books that inspired them.  In this episode, Hillary talks with Lillian and Michael of the Mini Micro to introduce the series.  For more information, visit the Library's website.

Episode #70 - Introducing the Adaptation Book & Movie Discussion Group

Hillary discusses Tommy Orange's There There with Jheri Neri and April Hester of the Greater Cincinnati Native American Coalition.

The discussion continues at the Main Library at 6:30 on 4/15/19, followed by a panel with Native American community leaders:
https://www.facebook.com/events/public-library-of-cincinnati-and-hamilton-county/panel-discussion-of-there-there-by-tommy-orange/399886087474353/

Episode #69 - Jheri Neri and April Hester of the GCNAC on There There by Tommy Orange

Mercantile Book Advisor Hillary Copsey discusses Rebecca Makkai's The Great Believers with Linda Seiter, Executive Director of Caracole, Greater Cincinnati's nonprofit HIV/AIDS service organization.

This episode contains minor plot spoilers.

Episode #68 - Linda Seiter of Caracole on The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Mercantile's Hillary Copsey talks to Timothy Douglas, who is directing CIncinnati Playhouse in the Park's production of August Wilson's Two Trains Running.  Preview performances begin on March 2, 2019.  Visit cincyplay.com for more information.

Episode #67 - August Wilson's Two Trains Running at Playhouse in the Park

The Mercantile's Reeling in Moby Dick discussion group begins on January 10, 2019.  To help listeners prepare, NKU professor Dr. Robert Wallace and artist Matt Kish talk about ways to approach the novel and why it's worth reading.

Episode #66 - Reeling in Moby Dick preview with Matt Kish and Bob Wallace

The Mercantile's Hillary Copsey talks to Andrew Fallaize and Ayana Workman, who are appearing in Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's production of Miss Bennet: Christmas At Pemberley.  The play, written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon and directed by Eleanor Holdrige, runs through November 10, 2018.

Episode #65 - Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

A conversation with Eli Meiners, Director of Museum Operations for 21C Museum Hotels.  Eli was also part of the team that worked on the renovation of the Mercantile Library's Reading Room in 2010, as part of the celebration of our 175th year.

Episode #64 - Eli Meiners of 21C Museum Hotels

Hillary Copsey, the Mercantile's resident Book Advisor, talks to Sara Clark of Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Steve McGowan of Brave Berlin about CSC's production of 1984.

Episode #63 - Sara Clark and Steve McGowan - 1984 at CSC

In a conversation recorded last spring, Tim Guilfoile of Northern Kentucky Fly Fishers talks to Jim Babb, author and former editor-in-chief at Gray's Sporting Journal

Episode #62 - James R. Babb - Editor Emeritus at Gray's Sporting Journal

Sam Nelson and Kat Reynolds, both of whom appeared in the Mercantile's April 2017 production of All Day Permanent Red, read selections from Virginia Woolf's "The Sun and the Fish" and Annie Dillard's "Total Eclipse".

Episode #61 - The Eclipse

The Mercantile's Chris Messick talks to C. Jacqueline Wood, Director of the Mini Microcinema in Over the Rhine.  Note that this conversation was recorded in late April, so some of the screenings mentioned have already happened... all the more reason why you should sign up for the Mini Micro's email list!

Episode #60 - C. Jacqueline Wood - The Mini Microcinema

Mercantile member Kamal Southall has a knack for finding odd, obscure, and interesting books deep in the Library's stacks.  In this episode, he shares two of his most recent discoveries with the Mercantile's Adam Kosan.

Episode #59 - Kamal Southall - Discoveries from the Stacks

Mercantile member Tim Guilfoile talks to Jen Ripple, editor-in-chief at Dun, a fly fishing magazine for - and largely by - women.

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