April Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattan

Come  join us for an Author @ the Library talk this April at Mid-Manhattan Library to hear distinguished non-fiction authors discuss their work and answer your questions. Author talks take place at 6:30 pm on the 6th floor of the Library, unless otherwise noted. You can also request the authors' books by clicking on the book cover images below.

The Narcissist Next Door

 

Wednesday
April  1, 2015
6:30 pm

Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed—in Your World

Jeffrey Kluger frames the new research on narcissism, explains the complex, and oftentimes exasperating personality disorder and reveals how narcissism and narcissists affect our lives. He also offers some suggestions for dealing with narcissists.

https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20516890?lang=eng

 

Thursday
April 2, 2015
6:30 pm

A Coney Island Reader: Through Dizzy Gates of Illusion

Featuring portraits by the world's finest poets, essayists, and fiction writers—including Walt Whitman, Stephen Crane, Federico García Lorca, Isaac Bashevis Singer, E.E. Cummings, Djuna Barnes, Colson Whitehead, Robert Olen Butler, and Katie Roiphe—editor Louis J. Parascandola focuses on the unique history and transporting experience of a beloved fixture of the New York City landscape.

Roosevelt and Stalin

 

Monday
April 6, 2015
6:30 pm

Roosevelt and Stalin: Portrait of a Partnership

Susan Butler explores the complex partnership between FDR and Stalin during World War II, focusing on how the leader of the capitalist world and the leader of the Communist world became more than allies of convenience during World War II.

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What We See When We Read

 

Tuesday
April 7, 2015
6:30 pm

What We See When We Read,
An Examination of the Book Designer's Art


Peter Mendelsund has designed hundreds of book covers ranging from Crime and Punishment to Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. In this illustrated presentation, he’ll discuss the covers for two new books of his own, Cover and What We See When We Read.

Feasts and Fasts

 

Wednesday
April 8, 2015
6:30 pm

Feasts and Fasts: A History of South Asian Food from the Indus Valley to Little India

Journalist Colleen Taylor Sen examines the Indian subcontinent’s cuisine through thousands of years in the context of its religious, moral, social, and philosophical development.

Storm Surge

 

Monday
April 13, 2015
6:30 pm

Superstorm Sandy and Climate Change: Predictions and Responses 

Adam Sobel takes the audience through the devastating and unprecedented events of Hurricane Sandy, using the storm to explain our planet’s changing climate, and what we need to do to protect ourselves and our cities for the future. 

Sugar

 

Tuesday
April 14,  2015
6:30 pm

Sugar: A Global History

Exploring both the sugarcane and sugar beet industries, Andrew F. Smith tells story after story of those who have made fortunes and those who have met with tragedy thanks to sugar’s simple but profound hold on our palettes.

I Only Read It for the Cartoons

 

Wednesday
April 15,  2015
6:30 pm

I Only Read It for the Cartoons: The New Yorker's Most Brilliantly Twisted Artists

Artist Richard Gehr discusses interviews with a dozen cartoonists whose work appears in the esteemed magazine.

The Algonquin Round Table New York

 

Thursday
April 16,  2015
6:30 pm

The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide

Historian Kevin C. Fitzpatrick recalls the 1920s through the world of the famous “Vicious Circle” of New York City writers, critics, actors, and wits who met for lunch every day at the Algonquin Hotel.

New York City English

 

Thursday
April 20,  2015
6:30 pm

New York City English 

Michael Newman examines the differences and similarities among the ways English is spoken by the extraordinarily diverse population living in the New York region.

Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!

 

Tuesday
April 22, 2015
6:30 pm
 

Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!

Nicholas Carlson shares the inside story of how Yahoo got into such awful shape in the first place, Marissa Mayer's controversial rise at Google, and her desperate fight to save an Internet icon.

Abe & Fido

 

Thursday
April 23, 2015
6:30 pm
 

Abe & Fido: Lincoln's Love of Animals and the Touching Story of His Favorite Canine Companion

Matthew Algeo chronicles the story of two friends, an unlikely tandem who each became famous and died prematurely.

Our Aging Bodies

 

Monday
April  27, 2015
6:30 pm
 

Our Aging Bodies

Gary F. Merrill provides a clear, scientifically based explanation of what happens to all the major organ systems and bodily processes—such as the cardiovascular and digestive systems—as people age.

Ashes Under Water

 

Wednesday
April 29, 2015
6:30 pm

Ashes Under Water: The SS Eastland and the Shipwreck That Shook America

Michael McCarthy discusses a mysterious industrial atrocity and how the prosperous, guilty Eastland owners tried to shift the blame to the whistleblower and one true hero on the ship, engineer Joseph Erickson, a working class immigrant.
Backstage Pass To Broadway

 

Thursday
April 30, 2015
6:30 pm

Backstage Pass to Broadway: True Tales from a Theatre Press Agent 

In this memoir, theatrical press agent Susan L. Schulman reveals what goes on behind the curtain, sharing snapshots from more than 40 years of close-up experiences New York.


If you'd like to read any of the books presented at our past author talks, you can find book lists from our January 2013–April 2015 Author @ the Library programs in the BiblioCommons catalog.

The Author @ the Library posts include authors discussing their recent non-fiction works at the Mid-Manhattan Library. Don't miss the many other interesting classesfilms, readings and talks on our program calendar. Enjoy art lectures and artist conversationsmusical tributesvirtual tours of the city, and short story readings at Story Time for Grown-ups.

Download Mid-Manhattan Library's April 2015 Author Talks & More flyer.

And don't forget that all of our programs are free of charge!