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Book Notes From The Underground: January 2015, Part 1
Recently, the BBC ran a story on their website highlighting the fact that British publishers do not distribute very many translated works. In fact, only two to three percent of all the books published...
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Sesame Street and the People In Your Neighborhood
So, who are the people in your neighborhood? Bob never sings about them, but the people of Sesame Workshop always include the educational researchers and the script and songwriters. Beyond the...
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Preparing for the NYS Regents Exams
For elementary and junior high school students, the week of January 26-30 will be a relaxing time off from school. For many high school students however, this week includes dreaded New York State...
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The Reader's Den: The Stranger, Part 2
Albert CamusAlbert Camus was a French Algerian (1913-1960) who authored many classic titles beyond The Stranger, including The Plague, The Falland the essay The Myth of Sisyphus, where he writes about...
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7 Facts You May Not Know About Susan Sontag
In 1972, Susan Sontag wrote in her journal, "I want to make a New Year's prayer, not a resolution. I'm praying for courage." And intellectual courage is, indeed, one of the great legacies of the...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Books and DVDs For Children
On Monday, January 19, 2015 we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here are some book and DVD recomendations about Martin Luther King Jr. for children: Martin Luther King Jr.: Let Freedom Ring by...
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The Early Proposed Railways for New York City, Part 1
The 19th century witnessed many discussions about the development of rapid transit in New York City. By 1850 these discussions were not about whether rapid transit should be build but rather about what...
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往事並不如煙 || Wang shi bing bu ru yan
Chi 951.0509 Zhang, Yihe往事並不如煙 || Wang shi bing bu ru yan 作者: 章詒和台北市 : 時報文化出版企業股份有限公司, ISSN: 9789571342108...
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Long Distance Grandparenting
Michael & Leah Cetera, son & grandmother. 458 Rutland Rd., Flatbush, Brooklyn. October 14, 1978. Image ID: 1563799This post is addressed to new grandparents, and especially those living far...
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Podcast #44: Joyce Carol Oates on Inspiration and Obsession
Joyce Carol Oates has given us some of the most frightening and elegant stories in American letters. Her impressive creative output has included novels, short stories, and memoir. We were lucky to have...
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Thrills, Chills and Romance: The New Gothic Genre
I was raised on a steady diet of gothic romance fiction—my mom and I can do a wicked impressions of the winds whistling down the Yorkshire moors and the waves crashing against the Cornish coast....
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Finding the Right Nonfiction Book For You
Reading nonfiction books can open your eyes to different subjects and make you see them in a new light, and I’m not just saying that because I haven’t eaten a burger from McDonald’s since I read Fast...
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Glimpses of Alice
To celebrate Lewis Carroll’s upcoming birthday—and my un-birthday!—let’s venture down the rabbit hole to explore depictions of Alice, his most famous creation, here at The New York Public...
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A Crocheter's Delight
Frigid temperatures are upon us, and that means one thing: keeping warm. How about foregoing the costly department store prices and creating your own awesome scarves, fuzzy socks and warm mittens....
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More Nordic Noir
With the bleakest part of the winter now upon us, some readers may be craving a feast of Scandinavian noir. Jeremy Megraw's excellent blog post from 2013 covered a lot of this chilly ground, but here...
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division Annual Report FY14 Available
The Jerome Robbins Dance Division’s most recent Annual Report FY 2014 is now online on the Library’s website. The Dance Division has continued its work, assuring its place in the world, as a global,...
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Juana Vargas "La Macarrona:" A Flamenco Treasure
As a member of the Wertheim study, I was honored to be invited to write a blog post about the Library's significant holdings related to flamenco. The footage of Juana Vargas "La Macarrona" (1870-1947),...
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NYPL Digital Collections Platform: An Introduction
*/Nearly ten years ago, in March 2005, The New York Public Library (NYPL) debuted an amazing site of digitized images called Digital Gallery.Just a few weeks ago we released a new iteration—the...
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While You Wait For "Redeployment" Why Not Try...
Phil Klay's Redeployment is a National Book Award–winning collection of stories about soldiers grappling with the harsh realities of war. It is currently in high demand, so while you wait for your hold...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of January 25
Sunnyside Citywide Home Care will present a recruitment for Home Health Aide Trainees (10 openings) on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 1 0 am - 1 pm at Flushing Workforce 1 Career Center, 138-60 Barclay...
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