April 29, 2025 - "Instructions on Not Giving Up" by Ada Limon, read by Allison Hague and Marilyn Young by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 28, 2025 - "Litany" by Billy Collins, read by Jonathan Wendell Townsend-Pitt by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 27, 2025 - "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Thayer, read by Wendy DeGiglio by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guests, Sarah Wolfburg, and Melissa Halford about their podcast Could Read, Should Read, Must Read. https://open.spotify.com/show/40GnqgZeRlf8yU9b3MHPru Send us a textBy Killingly Public Library

April 26, 2025 - "Sonnet" by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, read by Frances Donahue by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 25, 2025 - "This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams, read by Chris Valle by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 24, 2025 - "The More It Snows" by A. A. Milne, read by Russon Danicich by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 23, 2025 - "The Tyger" by William Blake, read by Magdalena Morningfire by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 22, 2025 - "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout" by Shel Silverstein, read by Andrea Wood by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 21, 2025 - The Pickety Fence, by David McCord, read by Tracy Danicich by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 20, 2025 - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot, read by Matt Zaklad by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 19, 2025 - "When Tillie Ate the Chili" by Jack Prelutsky, read by Brian Cookstra by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 18, 2025 - "At the New Year" by John Hollander, read by Laura Beatrix Newmark by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 17, 2025 - "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost, read by Richard Cogliandro by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 16, 2025 - "Brother" by Mary Ann Hoberman, read by Ivy Danicich by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 15, 2025 - "I heard a fly buzz when I died (465)" by Emily Dickinson, read by Kendra Parker by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 14, 2025 - "My Name Is..." by Pauline Clark, read by Rosie Curley Egan by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Carissa Decelles, owner of Wheelhaus Brands. Learn more here: Wheelhaus | making the world a bolder place through audacious creativity Send us a textBy Killingly Public Library

April 13, 2025 - "Returning to Camp" by Rebecca Elson, read by Kory Riesterer by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 12, 2025 - "The Duel" by Eugene Field, read by Dylan Hague by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 11, 2025 - "Fractals" by Theoni Pappas, read by Beth Vardy and Leland Krumenacker by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 10, 2025 - "It Felt Love" by Hafiz, read by Sean Ulfik by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 9, 2025 - "Us & CO." by Tracy K Smith, read by Michael McGuire by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 8, 2025 - "In the Marshy Pastures" by Georg Trakl, read by Ada Caccamise by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 7, 2025 - "If I Must Die" by Rafaat Alareer, read by Zoila Morell by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 6, 2025 - "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, read by Aurelia Levene and Milo Zaklad by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 5, 2025 - "Dreams" by Langston Hughes, read by Lena Frey-Pettibone by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 3, 2025 - "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Sophia Vechnyak by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 4, 2025 - "The leaves, like women, interchange (987)" by Emily Dickinson, read by Tabitha Biracree by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 2, 2025 - "What War Is" by Ostap Slyvynsky, read by Priscilla Goldfarb by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

April 1, 2025 - "Little Father" by Li-Young Lee, read by Allie Tsubota by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan BiracreeBy The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Sarah Wolfburg, Coordinator for the Northeast Connecticut Education Foundation. Send us a textBy Killingly Public Library

Join us as Claudette engages in another lit talk. In this episode, she meets with Drew Tingley in an interview style discussion for his class on Management. Send us a textBy Killingly Public Library

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss their most recent reads. Books Mentioned: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie House of Lincoln by Nancy Horan The Librarian of Auschwitz b…

Join us as Claudette, Kim, and Kylie engage in another lit talk. In this episode, we ask Kylie many questions about her pregnancy and what she has learned. Send us a textBy Killingly Public Library

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guests, Dillion Daigle and Cassidy Ball, about eating fresh with Daigle Farm LLC. You can also learn more by listening to their podcast, Simply Growing Food. Send us a textBy Killingly Public Library

This episode focuses on Chisholm Springs, located in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, was a significant 19th-century trading post established by Jesse Chisholm. The post, featuring a stockade built by Auguste Pierre Chouteau, served as a crucial supply point during the California Gold Rush. Its historical importance is underscored by its inclusion of…

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss books they can’t wait to read in this new year. Books Mentioned: More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel We all live here by Jo Jo Moyes Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff The Jackal’s Mistress by Chris Bohjalian T…

This episode details the life and death of Shawnee, Oklahoma Police Chief Marion Farrall in 1907, focusing on his murder by John Curtis Barber. Sources describe Shawnee's burgeoning growth as a city at the time of Oklahoma's statehood, highlighting its economic activity and social fabric. The murder, its aftermath—including Farrall's large funeral …

Join us as Claudette, Kim, and Kylie engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss their top 4 reads of 2024. Books Mentioned: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Ready or Not by Cara Bastone Keeper of the Lost Cities Series by Shannon Messenger Attached at the Hip by Christine Riccio Trajectory by Cambria Gordon The Brightwood Code by Monica…

This episode recounts the early history of Tecumseh, Oklahoma Territory, focusing on its establishment in 1891 and the prominent role of Judge W.R. Asher. The text details the land run, the town's initial development, and the activities of its early business owners and residents. It highlights Judge Asher's involvement as probate judge and town tru…

This episode details the history of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, in the early 1900s, focusing on its demographics, economic development driven by agriculture and railroads, and the significant role of Native American tribes like the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. The sources also extensively profile Judge William S. Pendleton, a prominent lawyer and …

This episode recounts the history of the Carnegie Public Library in Shawnee, from its humble beginnings as a small association in 1901 to its growth and eventual destruction by fire in 1927. The library's development involved securing funding from Andrew Carnegie, moving to various locations, and providing vital community services, such as story ho…

This episode details the history of the Sheriff's office, tracing its origins from Anglo-Saxon England through its evolution in America, with a particular focus on Sidney Schram's career as a deputy sheriff in Iowa and sheriff in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Several sources describe the long history of the office, its role in maintaining law and …

This episode details the December, 24th, 1904 killing of Justice of the Peace Lee Ginn in Macomb, Oklahoma Territory, by constables Wesley Yandell and Ben Mitchell, focusing on the conflicting accounts of self-defense versus premeditation. Newspapers significantly shaped public opinion, and the ensuing trial, though resulting in Mitchell's release …

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell. Send us a textBy Killingly Public Library

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss The Frozen River by Arial Lawhon Send us a textBy Killingly Public Library

Join us as Claudette, Kim, and Kylie engage with another special guest. In this episode, they talk with Josh Sandage about Twin Barrel Foxglove's new album Ode to the Old which is now available on all major streaming platforms! Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Music Listen on Amazon Music Listen on YouTube Find TBF on Instagram Find TBF on Faceboo…

Join us as Claudette, Kim, Heather, and Kylie engage in Would You Rather questions based on Halloween. Send us a textBy Killingly Public Library

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss All These Threads of Time by Sarah Crowne. Send us a textBy Killingly Public Library