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NYPL's World Literature & Arts Festival

Celebrate the cultures of NYC's diverse communities—plus, discover free NYPL events and resources in world languages, available all year long!

Spotlight

  • Celebrate Arab American Heritage Month with NYPL

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What's On

  • Author Talks & Conversations

  • Exhibitions

  • Kids & Teens

  • Other Events

  • LIVE from NYPL | Catalina: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio con Daniel Alarcón

    Martes, 29 de abril | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building y en línea

    Foto de Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, foto de Daniel Alarcón | Karla Cornejo Villavicencio headshot, Daniel Alarcón headshot

  • Requiem (Homage to György Kurtág) with Alexander Polzin and Clare Bell

    Wed, Apr 30 | 6 PM

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

    Alexander Polzin next to a sculpture of masked figures, some with their arms outstretched.

  • Discover More Author Talks at NYPL

    Ongoing

    Various Locations

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  • Screening! Free for All: The Public Library

    Mon, Apr 28 | 6:30 PM

    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

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  • LIVE from NYPL | Catalina: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio con Daniel Alarcón

    Martes, 29 de abril | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building y en línea

    Foto de Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, foto de Daniel Alarcón | Karla Cornejo Villavicencio headshot, Daniel Alarcón headshot

  • Requiem (Homage to György Kurtág) with Alexander Polzin and Clare Bell

    Wed, Apr 30 | 6 PM

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

    Alexander Polzin next to a sculpture of masked figures, some with their arms outstretched.

  • Discover More Author Talks at NYPL

    Ongoing

    Various Locations

    Two people on stage mid-speech.
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Staff Picks

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In the Collection

  • The Moon That Turns You Back

    Hala Alyan

    AdultPoetry

  • When the Earth Was Green

    Riley Black

    AdultNonfiction

  • The Strange Case of Jane O.

    Karen Thompson Walker

    AdultFiction

  • Save Our Souls

    Matthew Pearl

    AdultNonfiction

  • The Quiet Librarian

    Allen Eskens

    AdultFiction

  • John Lewis

    David Greenberg

    AdultNonfiction

  • Nicked

    M.T. Anderson

    AdultFiction

  • How to Be a Good Girl

    Jamie Hood

    AdultPoetry

From Our Blog

  • 30 Women and 1 Man: A Brief History of the Library School at NYPL

    An exploration of the Library School at NYPL (1911–1926) where "pupils could learn by doing."

     


     

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  • 15 New Historical Mysteries to Get Immersed In

    From Renaissance Italy to Gilded Age New England and beyond, these books bring history to life—usually with a murder to solve. 

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