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Omaha Public Library 2024 Reading Challenge

By David Koesters

Published January 22, 2024 at 8:50 AM CST

The Omaha Public Library (OPL) Reading Challenge is back! OPL staff have created a series of reading challenges to push you outside your reading comfort zone and into new literary realms. Take on one challenge each month or complete them on your own timeline. We then hear from David Dick who tells us about the book Hit Parade of Tears by Izumi Suzuki.

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David Koesters

David started in broadcasting at his hometown radio station in Holdrege, Nebraska while still in high school. He went on to earn journalism and law degrees from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and has worked for a number of radio and television stations around the United States. He is a big advocate for community media and loves being a part of the local fabric of NPR. He also has a cat.

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