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  • Celebrate 100 Years of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture!

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  • Author Talks & Conversations

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  • Kids & Teens

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  • WNYC Book Club Event: 'Audition' with Katie Kitamura

    Thurs, May 29 | 6 PM

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) & Online

    Katie Kitamura next to the cover of Audition.

  • Kevin Nguyen: Mỹ Documents

    Thurs, May 22 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    2 side-by-images: Kevin Nguyen headshot, book cover of Mỹ Documents

  • Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: Barbara Demick with Jessica Bruder

    Tues, May 27 | 6 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Barbara Demick with the cover of Daughters of the Bamboo Grove.

  • WNYC Book Club Event: 'Audition' with Katie Kitamura

    Thurs, May 29 | 6 PM

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) & Online

    Katie Kitamura next to the cover of Audition.

  • Kevin Nguyen: Mỹ Documents

    Thurs, May 22 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    2 side-by-images: Kevin Nguyen headshot, book cover of Mỹ Documents

  • Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: Barbara Demick with Jessica Bruder

    Tues, May 27 | 6 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Barbara Demick with the cover of Daughters of the Bamboo Grove.
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In the Collection

  • 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

  • Low Orbit

    Kazimir Lee

    Young AdultGraphic Novel

  • Old Soul

    Susan Barker

    AdultHorror

  • Giant Robot

    Eric Nakamura

    AdultNonfiction

  • Womb City

    Tlotlo Tsamaase

    AdultSci-Fi

  • Much Ado about Keanu

    Sezin Devi Koehler

    AdultNonfiction

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  • Teens: Get College & Career Help—and Free Test Prep Materials

    At select NYPL branches, get free giveaway titles related to college, career, and adulting.

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  • NYPL’s Accessible Technology Conference 2025: Participate in Our Free Conference

    Community members, innovators, and advocates are invited to take part.

     


     

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