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Spotlight

  • Dive into Our Summer Staff Picks

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What's On

  • Author Talks & Conversations

  • Exhibitions

  • Kids & Teens

  • Other Events

  • Screening & Discussion: 7 Days in September

    Thurs, Sept 11 | 6:30 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

    Horizontal version of the movie poster of 7 Days in September

  • Jill Lepore with Jamal Greene: We the People

    Mon, Sept 29 | 8 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Jill Lepore headshot, book cover of We the People

  • 'The New Yorker' Editorial Roundtable

    Tues, Sept 30 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    5 side-by-side headshots: David Remnick, Henry Finder, Tyler Foggatt, Susan Morrison, Daniel Zalewski

  • Miriam Toews: A Truce That Is Not Peace

    Fri, Sept 5 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Miriam Toews with the cover of A Truce That Is Not Peace.

  • Screening & Discussion: 7 Days in September

    Thurs, Sept 11 | 6:30 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

    Horizontal version of the movie poster of 7 Days in September

  • Jill Lepore with Jamal Greene: We the People

    Mon, Sept 29 | 8 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Jill Lepore headshot, book cover of We the People

  • 'The New Yorker' Editorial Roundtable

    Tues, Sept 30 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    5 side-by-side headshots: David Remnick, Henry Finder, Tyler Foggatt, Susan Morrison, Daniel Zalewski
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Staff Picks

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In the Collection

  • Is a River Alive?

    Robert Macfarlane

    Adultnonfiction

  • Poets Square: A Memoir in 30 cats

    Courtney Gustafson

    Adultnonfiction

  • This Dog Will Change Your Life

    Elias Weiss Friedman

    Adultnonfiction

  • Salt Bones

    Jennifer Givhan

    AdultFiction

  • The Secret Crush Book Club

    Karmen Lee

    AdultRomance

  • Untethered

    Angela Jackson-Brown

    AdultFiction

  • The River's Daughter

    Bridget Crocker

    AdultMemoir

  • The AI Con

    Emily Bender

    AdultNonfiction

From Our Blog

  • Get Your Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fix with These Hugo Winners & Finalists

    Including winner of best novel: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett, and best novella: The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler.

     


     

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  • Solve a Crossword Puzzle Featuring the Schomburg Center & Meet Its Creator Juliana Pache

    Juliana Pache, founder of Black Crossword, created an online puzzle inspired by the Schomburg Center. Learn more about her and her puzzle.

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