NYPL #FridayReads: The Worth Its Salt Edition October 7, 2016

During the week, it can be tough to stay on top of everything. On Fridays, though, we suggest kicking back to catch up on all the delightful literary reading the internet has to offer. Don’t have the time to hunt for good reads? Never fear. We’ve rounded up the best bookish reading of the week for you.

Some uses of salt.
Some uses of salt.

We Read...

Elena Ferrante's fiction is coming to the stage and theater “to be worth its salt…must have in that salt a fair sprinkling of gunpowder.” We've got 150 years of political campaign ephemera, the coolest pop-up Rosh Hashanah cards, and a spot in this collection of every NYC library photographed. Find your next book based on your feelings. Even the second most hated man in America got sympathy. Julia Alvarez remembers the wonderful writer Gloria Naylor. If you can't make it to Comic Con, you can still read our librarians's favorite comics. Not to brag, but a lot of amazing books have been written at the New York Public Library. Finally, hear Sally Mann talk Cy Twombly and the babushkas who saved Russian art.

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TGIF

No need to get up! Join our librarians from the home, office, playground—wherever you have internet access—for book recs on Twitter by following our handle @NYPLrecommends from 10 AM to 11 AM every Friday. Or, you can check NYPL Recommends any day of the week for more suggestions.
 

What did you read?

If you read something fantastic this week, share with our community of readers in the comment section below.