Beth Golay

He's also the host of an online revival of Reading Rainbow and the author of a new children's book titled I'm So Happy You're Here, A Celebration of Library Joy.

Book critic Suzanne Perez talked with Threats recently about his new book and his mission to promote literacy and public libraries.

Thanks so much.

I'm so happy you're here.

A Celebration of Library Joy was published by Random House Books for Young Readers.

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Larissa Pham's debut novel, Discipline, follows Christine, a writer who has just published a novel that fictionalizes aspects of her relationship with her painting professor in grad school.

It's a Me Too-inspired account that eventually attracts the painter's attention, years after the events occur.

I recently spoke with Larissa Pham about Christine's experiences as an author and why she feels this book about revenge is actually a book about compassion.

Here's our conversation.

Can you give our listeners a description of Discipline?

Do you have an elevator pitch for it?

So when the book opens, we meet Christine and she's embarking on her own book tour and she has lost her luggage.

Why was this the right place to begin our journey with her?

So in the book, Christine has authored a fictional account of her own experience with an older professor, and she's recounting parts of that experience while on book tour.