John Lobron sits down at Hilltop Books for an Among Books conversation with Stephanie Marudas. John is the librarian and a social studies teacher at Central High School in Philadelphia.    To learn more about John:  https://centralhighalumni.com/2016/12/students-dont-know-todays-library-can-set-back/   Episode hosted and produced by Stephanie Marudas of Kouvenda Media and mixed by Brad Linder. For more about Kouvenda Media and Hilltop Books: https://www.kouvendamedia.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kouvendamedia/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/kouvendamedia https://hilltopbooks.org/ https://www.instagram.com/hilltopbooksphilly/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/hilltopbooksphilly/   POST-SHOW READING LIST The Underground Railroad By  Colson Whitehead    The East Indian  By Brinda Charry    Curious George By Margret Rey and H.A. Rey    The Hobbit  By J.R.R. Tolkien    Biographies of  Thomas Alva Edison, Ben Franklin, Amelia Earhart, Henry Ford    National Geographic Magazine   The Grapes of Wrath  By John Steinbeck   The Pearl By John Steinbeck   Two Years Before the Mast  By Richard Henry Dana Jr.   "There's a Very Good Reason College Students Don't Read Anymore" By Jonathan Malesic Guest Essay published in The New York Times October 25, 2024  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/opinion/college-university-students-reading.html   The Bible    The Quran    Billy Budd, Foretopman  By Herman Melville    ***Additional titles John shared after the recorded conversation:    The Name of the Rose  By Umberto Eco      Meditations  By Marcus Aurelius    A Farewell to Arms By Ernest Hemingway   The Old Man and the Sea  By Ernest Hemingway    The Sun Also Rises  By Ernest Heminway    The Fire Next Time  By James Baldwin    Go Tell it on the Mountain  By James Baldwin    Notes of a Native Son  By James Baldwin    Native Son  By Richard Wright    Small Things Like These By Claire Keegan   The Hunter By Tana French   The Searcher By Tana French   In the Woods  By Tana French   The Heather Blazing By Colm Tóibín   Brooklyn  By Colm Tóibín   Heart, Be at Peace By Donal Ryan   The Queen of Dirt Island By Donal Ryan   From a Low and Quiet Sea  By Donal Ryan   The Spinning Heart  By Donal Ryan   The Thing About December By Donal Ryan   All We Shall Know By Donal Ryan   A Slanting of the Sun: Stories  By Donal Ryan   History Through Literature booklist that John discussed on the episode:  https://sites.google.com/philasd.org/history-through-literature  

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