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Black History Month at NYPL

The New York Public Library celebrates and amplifies Black voices and stories—this month and all year long.

Spotlight

  • Discover the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

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What's On

  • Author Talks & Conversations

  • Exhibitions

  • Kids & Teens

  • Other Events

  • The Harlem Chamber Players 15th Annual Black History Month Celebration

    Thurs, Feb 16 | 6:30 PM

    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

    Headshots of three Black men side by side: Terrance McKnight, Aruán Ortiz, and Don Byron playing the clarinet.

  • And the Category Is… Discussion & Signing with Ricky Tucker

    Wed, Feb 8 | 6:30 PM

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

    Ricky Tucker with the cover of And the Category Is.

  • 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.

  • Freedom Narratives: David Wright FaladĂ© 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.

  • The Harlem Chamber Players 15th Annual Black History Month Celebration

    Thurs, Feb 16 | 6:30 PM

    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

    Headshots of three Black men side by side: Terrance McKnight, Aruán Ortiz, and Don Byron playing the clarinet.

  • And the Category Is… Discussion & Signing with Ricky Tucker

    Wed, Feb 8 | 6:30 PM

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

    Ricky Tucker with the cover of And the Category Is.

  • 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

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  • The Rupture Tense

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  • 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

  • Where To Start With Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne

    They shared four decades of marriage and literary partnership and left behind an intertwined legacy.

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  • Reading the 2023 Oscar Nominations

    You have plenty of time to read a few of these before the winners are announced in March!

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