NYPL Blog

Eight of the ten nominees for Best Picture were adapted from or inspired by a book— check these and more out.

Case studies of artists Faith Ringgold and Vito Acconci examine ways in which flags used in art as protest and can face censorship.

How do perceptions of Ashkenazi Jews shape power dynamics within and beyond Jewish communities? Miriam Yosef tells of her research. 

Happy Year of the Snake! Enjoy titles collected by AANHPI library workers to celebrate the Lunar New Year. 

Join New York State Poet Laureate Patricia Spears Jones in conversation with Brent Hayes Edwards.

Students in the Junior Scholars Programs visited Schomburg Center divisions as part of their research project for their 2025 Youth Summit.

Jane Sugarman is an ethnomusicologist and Professor Emerita of Music at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). 

The papers chart Lahiri’s rise in the literary world, from her Pulitzer Prize-winning debut story collection to her recent translation work.

Yitz Twersky, descendant of a Chassidic rabbinic dynasty, tells of his research to keep the names of rabbis who died in the Holocaust alive.

Personality traits associated with people born in a snake year include: introspection, resourcefulness, and charm.