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  • Today! Emma Smith: Why Do We Still Burn Books?

    Emma Smith with the cover of Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers.
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What's On

  • Author Talks & Conversations

  • Exhibitions

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  • Other Events

  • Between the Lines: Chrome Valley by Mahogany L. Browne

    Monday, March 27 | 6:30 PM

    Schomburg Center

    The cover of Chrome Valley on the left and Mahogany Browne in a wooded area on the right.

  • March Book Club Event: Rebecca Makkai

    Tues, Mar 28 | 6 PM

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) & Online

    Get Lit with the book cover of I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai.

  • Agnes de Mille: Women’s Narratives & Agency

    Mon, Apr 3 | 6 PM

    Library for the Performing Arts

    Agnes de Mille in a yellow dress is held up in the air by a man in a cowboy hat and poses with her thrown held back.

  • Jane and Anna Maria Porter: The Most Famous Novelists You’ve Never Read

    Mon, Mar 27 | 6:30 PM

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) & Online

    Ruth Franklin, Devoney Looser, and Beanie Feldstein.

  • Between the Lines: Chrome Valley by Mahogany L. Browne

    Monday, March 27 | 6:30 PM

    Schomburg Center

    The cover of Chrome Valley on the left and Mahogany Browne in a wooded area on the right.

  • March Book Club Event: Rebecca Makkai

    Tues, Mar 28 | 6 PM

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) & Online

    Get Lit with the book cover of I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai.

  • Agnes de Mille: Women’s Narratives & Agency

    Mon, Apr 3 | 6 PM

    Library for the Performing Arts

    Agnes de Mille in a yellow dress is held up in the air by a man in a cowboy hat and poses with her thrown held back.
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  • All the Knowledge in the World

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  • Promises of Gold

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  • God Save the Queens

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  • Living in the Weather of the World

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  • Collected Poems

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  • The Destroyer of Worlds

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From Our Blog

  • Meet the 2023 Finalists for NYPL’s Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism

    The award honors a journalist whose work raises awareness about current events or issues of global or national significance.

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  • Current Reads from Irish Authors

    From apocalyptic thrillers set in the Irish countryside to a heart-wrenching romance between two Trinity College students, there's something on this list for everyone.

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