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Reading the 2025 Oscar Nominations
By Carrie McBride, Communications | January 23, 2025
Eight of the ten nominees for Best Picture were adapted from or inspired by a book— check these and more out.
Flags in Art as Protest
By Tereza Chanaki, Research Associate, Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | January 22, 2025
Case studies of artists Faith Ringgold and Vito Acconci examine ways in which flags used in art as protest and can face censorship.
NYPL Researcher Spotlight: Miriam Yosef
By Jeanne-Marie Musto, Librarian II | January 21, 2025
How do perceptions of Ashkenazi Jews shape power dynamics within and beyond Jewish communities? Miriam Yosef tells of her research.
Books for Celebrating the Year of the Snake
By Cecelia Fiering, Library Information Assistant | January 21, 2025
Happy Year of the Snake! Enjoy titles collected by AANHPI library workers to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
Library Talks: New York State Poet Patricia Spears Jones in Conversation with Brent Hayes Edwards
By NYPL Staff | January 21, 2025
Join New York State Poet Laureate Patricia Spears Jones in conversation with Brent Hayes Edwards.
Junior Scholars Explore Collection Materials in Schomburg Center Divisions for Spring 2025 Research Project
By Lisa Herndon, Manager, Schomburg Communications and Publications | January 21, 2025
Students in the Junior Scholars Programs visited Schomburg Center divisions as part of their research project for their 2025 Youth Summit.
NYPL Researcher Spotlight: Jane Sugarman
By Bogdan Horbal, Curator, Slavic and East European Collections | January 21, 2025
Jane Sugarman is an ethnomusicologist and Professor Emerita of Music at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY).
The New York Public Library Acquires Archive of Jhumpa Lahiri
By Carolyn Vega, Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Curator of English and American Literature | January 17, 2025
The papers chart Lahiri’s rise in the literary world, from her Pulitzer Prize-winning debut story collection to her recent translation work.
NYPL Researcher Spotlight: Yitz Twersky
By Jeanne-Marie Musto, Librarian II | January 16, 2025
Yitz Twersky, descendant of a Chassidic rabbinic dynasty, tells of his research to keep the names of rabbis who died in the Holocaust alive.
Writers Born in the Year of the Snake
By NYPL Staff | January 15, 2025
Personality traits associated with people born in a snake year include: introspection, resourcefulness, and charm.