Tag: talks-readings
“Those Who Forget: My Family’s Story in Nazi Europe”
Géraldine Schwarz’s riveting account of her German and French grandparents’ lives during World War II is an urgent warning against forgetting...
New York Stories Book Club: Harlem Shuffle
Set in Civil Rights–era Harlem, this novel features shady cops and local gangsters in an entertaining and spellbinding way. Join NYPL staff for a...
Madelaine Lucas Presents Thirst for Salt
Reading. A Bustle, LitHub, Debutiful, and NYLON Most Anticipated Book of 2023. A magnetic and unforgettable story of desire and its complexities, and...
Remind Me to Hate You Later
YA launch with Lizzy Mason. In a world that feels distorted by celebrity and the manipulations of social media and public opinion, Natalie and Carter...
Liss’s Long Road to Liberty in New York’s Founding Era
Join historian and author Claire Bellerjeau as she introduces Elizabeth, or Liss. Enslaved on Long Island, Liss showed great agency when she risked...
Sebastian Mallaby on “The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future”
Innovations rarely come from “experts.” When it comes to improbable innovations, a legendary tech VC told Sebastian Mallaby, the future cannot be...
The Rosenstrasse Protest: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary
The Rosenstrasse Protest of 1943 was held against the incarceration and potential deportation of roughly 2,000 people who were arrested by the...
The Great Displacement
Reading and discussion. The untold story of climate migration in the United States—the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the...
Tuesday Talk: Living History with Poet Cornelius Eady
In celebration of Black History Month, join Cornelius Eady, renowned poet, musician, co-founder of Cave Canem, and former Interim Director of Poets...
