Reference and Outreach Librarian Dee Roberts supports patrons by helping them find the resources they need and reaching out across Candler and the broader community to build connections with the library. This week, let’s see how Dee keeps herself entertained in her free time.

First up, Dee recommends the podcast V Interesting with V Spehar. She says,

“V is the host and creator of TikTok’s @underthedesknews. #Underthedesknews offers 60-second daily wrap ups of current events, political analysis, and special interest stories. V is excellent at taking complex issues and breaking them down into easily digestible and understandable segments. What started out as my method of making sense of the world during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, has now turned into my preferred source for all things news.”

V Interesting is available on the Lemonada Media website and everywhere podcasts are found.

Next, Dee recommends Cry, Baby: Why Our Tears Matter, a nonfiction selection that encourages us to feel all those feelings and cry.

“Author Benjamin Perry, a fellow graduate of the Union Theology Seminary in the City of New York, writes about the importance and necessity of expressing our most internal feelings. Exploring the vast history, literature, physiology, psychology, and spirituality of crying, we can recognize our deepest hopes and longings, how we connect to others, and the social forces bent on keeping us from mourning.”

Cry, Baby is available for purchase at your favorite bookseller; we recommend checking out Bookshop.org for local bookshops!

Finally, a lover of “raw tunes”, Dee has curated a playlist of must-listen to songs to accompany you on your travels this season. Listen here or on Spotify.

We hope you’re enjoying these recommendations. Tune in next week for the final installment of our 2023 summer reading series!