Beach Waves used courtesy of David Niblack

This happens every year. The summer breezes by and suddenly it's September. What? As much as I despise the DC humidity, I, like many, pine for the longer, lighter days of June and July. In the interest of slowing time, I sat down with our literature director, Ira Silverberg, to talk summer reading and the beach. Here's Ira's take on beach reading.

[audio:http://bigreadblog.arts.gov/audio/IraPlaya.mp3] [2:53]

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