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The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers is a fellowship program for creative writers, academics, and independent scholars who benefit from using NYPL’s research collections. The Center’s public programs feature past and current fellows discussing their work.

All events are free but you must reserve seats: click on the event of your choice and follow the instructions.  We generally overbook to ensure a full house. All registered seats are released 10 minutes before start time, so we recommend that you arrive early.

You can also reach us with any questions at cswevents@nypl.org

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Between the Lines: Farah Jasmine Griffin and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts

Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 6:30 - 8 p.m.

The former fellow Farah Jasmine Griffin discusses her new book, Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive Politics During World War II, with the writer Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, author of Harlem is Nowhere. This discussion is part of the “Between the Lines” series, curated by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and co-presented with the Cullman Center. 

Ian Buruma and Martin Amis

Thursday, October 17, 2013, 7 - 8 p.m.

Ian Buruma talks with the novelist Martin Amis about Year Zero: A History of 1945, which Buruma wrote while he was a fellow at the Cullman Center. 

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Andrew Sean Greer, Julie Orringer, and Lore Segal

Monday, November 18, 2013, 7 - 8 p.m.

Three former fellows discuss Greer’s and Segal’s new novels, The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells and Half the Kingdom, respectively. Orringer will moderate the conversation. 

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Elizabeth Kendall and Jennifer Homans

Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 7 - 8 p.m.

The former fellow Elizabeth Kendall talks about her new book, Balanchine & the Lost Muse: Revolution & the Making of a Choreographer, with Jennifer Homans, the author of Apollo’s Angels. 

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FUNDING
The Cullman Center is made possible by a generous endowment from Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman in honor of Brooke Russell Astor, with major support provided by Mrs. John L. Weinberg, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Estate of Charles J. Liebman, John and Constance Birkelund, The Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, and additional gifts from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Helen and Roger Alcaly, Mel and Lois Tukman, The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, The Rona Jaffe Foundation, William W. Karatz, Mary Ellen von der Heyden, Merilee and Roy Bostock, Lybess Sweezy and Ken Miller, and Cullman Center Fellows.