Your weekly reminder of humanity, from StoryCorps.
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“I spotted this book that looked rather risqué….”

Judge Olly Neil didn’t care much for high school while growing up in Arkansas during the 1950s. One day in the library, he came across a book that piqued his interest, but didn’t want to risk his reputation by letting his classmates see him reading.

So rather than checking out the book, he stole it — an act that, thanks to some observant librarians, ending up changing his life.

Catch up on the rest of “Moments that Define,” our new season of animated conversations: a mother’s promise to her daughter while faced with the possibility of deportation, and a son’s pride in his father, a NYC taxi driver.

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