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    Retratos de la llegada y nuestras lecturas recomendadas

    By Julissa Nunez, Library Information Assistant, Harlem Library | March 28, 2024

    Una lista de lecturas recomendadas con textos que abordan temas como llagada a la propia identidad.

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    New Talking Books for Teens at the Andrew Heiskell Library, March & April 2024

    By Ivy Kuhrman, Young Adult Librarian | March 27, 2024

    Find out what’s just hit the collection at the Andrew Heiskell Library!

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    Visit the Library for Support with Your Financial Aid Applications

    By Rachel Roseberry, Associate Director, Young Adult Programs and Services | March 26, 2024

    Join The New York Public Library for support with financial aid applications!

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    Lola Maverick Lloyd, the National Women’s Party and the Equal Rights Amendment

    By Cara Dellatte, Reference Archivist | March 25, 2024

    The Lola Maverick Lloyd papers offers an intimate glimpse into the National Woman’s Party and the Equal Rights Amendment.

  • A page from the DMC Library displays several examples of Moroccon embroidery patterns, each in somewhat muted but striking colors. Each pattern is unique, some are floral, others are more geometric, and done in a single color (red, orange, blue, purple, or green) on an off-white background. Above the patterns, the text on the page reads "Morroco Embroideries, Plate V" and below it reads "For these embroideries, use DMC cotton, flax, silk, or rayon threads."

    Embroidering Histories

    By Elya Assayag, Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellow 2022–23 | March 25, 2024

    Elya Assayag's research focuses on the history of women in Morocco during the 20th c. and the place of “female crafts” such as embroidery.

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    Reading Recommendations to Celebrate NYPL's World Literature Festival 2024

    By NYPL Staff | March 25, 2024

    Recommendations curated by our expert librarians, encompass fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, graphic novels, and much more.

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    Who You Gonna Read? Ghost Stories!

    By Carrie McBride, Communications | March 22, 2024

    In honor of the ghostbusters being back in town (and at the Library!), here are some spine-chilling stories across the spectral spectrum.

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    Performing Arts as Language

    By Vandana Pawa, Associate Manager, Adult Programming | March 21, 2024

    What power does performing arts hold to exist in multiple languages? How can audiences engage with works in other languages?

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    2024 世界文學節 : 中文書籍推薦 | World Literature Festival 2024: Recommended Chinese Books

    By Qi Wu, Adult Librarian | March 21, 2024

    一年一度的世界文學節盛會到了,我們圖書館將在四月份舉辦一系列多元化的活動和語言論壇慶祝。我們在推介各國文學作品的同時也舉辦中文活動。圖書館中所舉行的各種文化活動也是多元化的,以滿足不同族裔的需要,這都是根據我們社區文化特點而開設的。

  • Reading room of the Schomburg Collection at the 135th Street Branch Library, circa 1938 - 1945, tables full of Black men and women viewing library collections. Lawrence Reddick, curator, seated at right.

    A History of NYPL’s 135th Street Branch: Reading and Archiving Against Censorship, Part 2

    By Emily Brooks, PhD, Curriculum Development, Center for Educators and Schools | March 21, 2024

    Explore ways to teach the history of Black librarianship at NYPL in relation to promoting intellectual freedom and fighting censorship.