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  • NYPL Acquires Archive of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne

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What's On

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  • Book Club Event: Stacy Schiff with Musical Guest Rosanne Cash

    Tues, Jan 31 | 6 PM

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) & Online

    Get Lit! with the cover for The Revolutionary

  • Freedom Narratives: David Wright Faladé and Ilyon Woo with Lynn Nottage

    Tues, Feb 7 | 6:30 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Side-by-side color headshots of David Wright Faladé, Ilyon Woo, Lynn Nottage.

  • Dyscalculia: Camonghne Felix with Bunny Michael

    Wed, Feb 22 | 6:30 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Collage featuring Dyscalculia book cover along with headshots of Camonghne Felix and Bunny Michael.

  • The Best of World SF: Volume 2

    Fri, Jan 27 | 12 Noon

    Online

    Headshots of Lavie Tidhar, Frances Ogamba, Nadia Afifi, and Lavanya Lakshminarayan.

  • Book Club Event: Stacy Schiff with Musical Guest Rosanne Cash

    Tues, Jan 31 | 6 PM

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) & Online

    Get Lit! with the cover for The Revolutionary

  • Freedom Narratives: David Wright Faladé and Ilyon Woo with Lynn Nottage

    Tues, Feb 7 | 6:30 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Side-by-side color headshots of David Wright Faladé, Ilyon Woo, Lynn Nottage.

  • Dyscalculia: Camonghne Felix with Bunny Michael

    Wed, Feb 22 | 6:30 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Collage featuring Dyscalculia book cover along with headshots of Camonghne Felix and Bunny Michael.
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New & Noteworthy

  • Now is Not the Time to Panic

    Kevin Wilson

    AdultFiction
    Now is not the time to panic

  • The Rupture Tense

    Jenny Xie

    AdultPoetry
    The Rupture Tense

  • How Far the Light Reaches

    Sabrina Imbler

    AdultNonFiction
    How far the light reaches: a life in ten sea creatures

  • A World of Curiosities

    Louise Penny

    AdultFiction
    A World of curiosities

  • The Islands

    Dionne Irving

    AdultFiction
    The islands: stories

  • A Coastline is an Immeasurable Thing

    Mary-Alice Daniels

    AdultNonfiction
    A Coastline is an Immeasurable Thing: a Memoir Across Three Continents by Mary-Alice Daniel

  • The Bill of Obligations

    Richard Haass

    AdultNonfiction
    The Bill of Obligations: the Ten Habits of Good Citizens by Richard Haass

  • So Long Chester Wheeler

    Catherine Ryan Hyde

    AdultFiction
    So Long, Chester Wheeler by Catherine Ryan Hyde

  • Please Report Your Bug Here

    Josh Riedel

    AdultFiction
    Please Report Your Bug Here: a Novel by Josh Riedel

  • Locust Lane

    Stephen Amidon

    AdultFiction
    Locust Lane: a novel by Stephen Amidon

From Our Blog

  • Dining Delights: 8 Cookbooks to Celebrate Lunar New Year

    Food plays an important role during the Lunar New Year. Here are some suggested cookbooks to usher in the Year of the Rabbit.

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  • Where to Start With Russell Banks

    His work examined human fallibility with an unflinching eye.

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