February 16, 1957: Actor and reading enthusiast LeVar Burton is born in Landstuhl, West Germany. His father Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Sr. was serving as a U.S. Army Signal Corps photographer at the time. Burton’s mother Erma Gene was a teacher and social worker.
These are some of my favorite episodes of the podcast LeVar Burton Reads.
"The Second Bakery Attack" by Haruki Murakami
"Furry Night" by Joan Aiken
"Childfinder" by Octavia Butler
"The Fliers of Gy" by Ursula K. LeGuin
"Welcome to Your Authentic Experience TM" by Rebecca Roanhorse
"Blur" by Carmen Maria Machado
"The Story We Used to Tell" by Shirley Jackson
"The Years of My Birth" by Louise Erdrich
"The Wishing Pool" by Tanarive Due
"John Dillinger and the Blind Magician" by Allison M. Dickson
"Afterlife" by Stephen King
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