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Meet the 2024–2025 Fellows of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
By NYPL Staff | April 23, 2024
Selected from a pool of 620 applicants from 66 countries, they include academics, independent scholars, novelists, playwrights, and poets.
What To Read While You Wait for 'Funny Story' by Emily Henry
By Carrie McBride, Communications | April 22, 2024
Over twenty titles with similar tropes as Funny Story including roommates-to-romance, fake relationships, and opposites attract.
Books for Kids and Teens Featuring Memorable and Inspirational Teachers
By Carrie McBride, Communications | April 19, 2024
These fiction titles highlight some of the ways that teachers make a profound difference in the lives of children.
NYPL Researcher Spotlight: Ariela Braunschweig
By Jeanne-Marie Musto, Librarian II | April 18, 2024
Most Jewish artists persecuted by the Nazis have been forgotten. Ariela Braunschweig leads a project to document their work and lives.
Announcing the 2024 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists
By NYPL Staff | April 18, 2024
These five talented authors are finalists for the 24th annual Young Lions Fiction Award.
Library Talks: Hillary Rodham Clinton with Jennifer Weiner
By NYPL Staff | April 16, 2024
The former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and First Lady takes the stage for a candid and in-depth conversation.
'The Vanguard: A Register of Those in Front': An Introduction to the Newly Digitized African American Directory
By Makoroba Sow, Librarian II | April 15, 2024
A history of The Vanguard, social register and classified directory for New York's African American community, 1933-1943–recently digitized!
Connections in 'The Connector'
By Douglas Reside, Curator, Theatre Collection | April 15, 2024
Doug Reside looks at connections between Daisy Prince and Jason Robert Brown's musicals The Last Five Years (2002) and The Connector (2024)
KidsLIVE! Author Talk With Roger Mello
By NYPL Teen Reading Ambassadors: Chloe, Christina, and Karen, from Columbus, Macomb's Bridge, and Seward Park Libraries | April 12, 2024
Join us for a talk with Roger Mello about his book João by a Thread.
NYPL Researcher Spotlight: Carlos Calderon
By Andy Mccarthy, Librarian II | April 12, 2024
"I thought research was completely inaccessible because I presumed we knew everything already. I was unbelievably wrong..."