• Sun, sand, and a book — a look at the beach read

  • Jun 13 2024
  • Length: 41 mins
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Sun, sand, and a book — a look at the beach read

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  • Just in time for your summer vacation, an hour about beach reads. We look at how the term came to be, get some beach read recommendations, and even hear a case against reading on the beach.

    GUESTS:

    • Meghan Hayden: Owner of River Bend Bookshop, which has locations in Glastonbury and West Hartford, Connecticut
    • Andrew Limbong: Reporter for NPR’s Culture Desk and Host of NPR's Book of the Day podcast
    • Donna Harrington-Lueker: Professor in the Department of English, Communications, and Media at Salve Regina University. She is author of Books for Idle Hours: Nineteenth-Century Publishing and the Rise of Summer Reading

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