The Library's reading and study spaces are open.
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Remember Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with this selection of her own words, biographies, chlidren's books, and more.
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TOMORROW! WRITING LIFE SPECIAL EVENT - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Live from Your Living Room
Thursday, October 15, 6:00 PM
online | free of charge | registration required
Library members read from their own short stories, novels, poetry, criticism, memoir, and plays.
Reading slots are limited, and readers must be current Library members. To register to read, please contact Carolyn Waters. Selections are limited to five minutes or less and must be material in progress or newly published work.
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WRITING LIFE WORKSHOP - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Write What Life Feels Like Now with Esther Cohen
Thursdays October 22, November 5, November 19, December 3, December 17, 3:00 PM
It's an unusual year. There are so many words to say how we feel. Let's try together.
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LECTURE - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Meredith Talusan
Fairest: A Memoir
Thursday, October 22, 6:00 PM
online | $10 per person | registration required
A singular, beautifully written coming-of-age memoir of a Filipino boy with albinism whose story travels from an immigrant childhood to Harvard to a gender transition and illuminates the illusions of race, disability, and gender.
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NEW! ONLINE CHAT - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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National Book Month: Independent Bookstore Chat
Sunday, October 25, 4:00 PM
Zoom | free of charge | drop in
Join Library staff and friends from two of New York City's great independent bookstores for an informal chat in honor of National Book Month. We'll be talking about bookstores and libraries, what readers are interested in now, and what's recommended and coming up. Bring your own questions!
Our special guests include Lexi Beach from the Astoria Bookshop on 31st Street in Queens and Nick Chase from the Corner Bookstore on Madison Avenue at 93rd Street. More details here.
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CONVERSATION - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Kevin Kwan
Sex and Vanity
with Jacqueline B. Weld
Monday, October 26, 6:00 PM
online | $10 per person | registration required
The iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians returns with the glittering tale of a young woman who finds herself torn between two men.
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LECTURE - FREE FOR LIBRARY MEMBERS AND MEMBERSHIP LIBRARY MEMBERS
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Leo Damrosch
The Club:
Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
Thursday, October 29, 6:00 PM
online | registration through the Athenaeum of Philadelphia required
The acclaimed biographer recreates a celebrated eighteenth-century London club that included critic Samuel Johnson, biographer James Boswell, historian Edward Gibbon, political thinker Edmund Burke, economist Adam Smith, painter Joshua Reynolds, and actor David Garrick.
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NEW! SPECIAL PRESENTATION - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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George Templeton Strong
Chronicler of New York
Wednesday, November 4, 2:00 PM
YouTube | free of charge | drop in
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of New York City diarist George Templeton Strong, recognized for his forty-year record of the city, and especially of the Civil War.
Join Library staff Harriet Shapiro and Cathy McGowan for a visit to Strong's 19th-century world with historical narrative, images, dramatic readings, and music. More details here.
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New events are added throughout the season.
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The Writing Life events in 2020 are generously underwritten by Jenny Lawrence.
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Library Hours
Monday and Friday 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
We'll have plenty of spooky reading recommendations for Halloween, but we won't be distributing candy this year.
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