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The Gatsby Effect
In honor of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s birthday this week, we’re thinking about Gatsby…... or, more precisely, we’re NOT thinking about Gatsby.Writing-wise, one of Fitzgerald’s neatest tricks about The...
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The Refugee Experience: Books for Children
With refugee stories and heartbreaking images all around us due to the current situation in Syria, (you can read more at “Understanding the Syrian Refugee Crisis”) perhaps you have encountered...
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96th Street Library Celebrates 110 Years!
Last month, the 96th Street Library celebrated its 110th birthday. In that spirit, the staff at the 96th Street Branch would like to thank our community for supporting the Library throughout its...
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Reintroducing the Boston Committee of Correspondence Records
Looking back on the Revolution in 1815, John Adams remarked that “The History of the United States never can be written” without the records of the Boston Committee of Correspondence. When it was...
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The Schomburg's 90th Anniversary Gala Marks a Magical Moment in its History
left to right - Schomburg Director Khalil Gibran Muhammad with gala honorees Franklin Thomas, Darren Walker, Norman Lear, Elizabeth Alexander, NYPL President Anthony Marx, and Mercer Cook, son of...
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Announcing the Five Library Lions Honorees of 2015
On November 2, we will be recognizing five outstanding individuals for their achievements in the fields of art, culture, scholarship, and letters by naming them Library Lions at The New York Public...
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What’s Making Us Happy, Part 2
Earlier this week, we posted a list of podcasts, music, and books that make us happy—an idea inspired by the fine folks at NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour.Today, we have Part 2: what’s making us happy in...
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Book Notes From The Underground: Going To The Dogs
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." —Groucho MarxDogs and books. What could be better? How about if we combine the two? What do we get? Books...
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Joseph Hawley Papers Digitized
As part of the Early American Manuscripts Project, the Library has just digitized and made available online the Joseph Hawley papers. Hawley was a lawyer, legislator, and militia officer from...
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John Lennon's New York City
A historic image of the Dakota in New York City, circa 1890. Lennon lived at the Dakota almost a century later. You can view images of the Dakota in our Digital Collections or via OldNYC. Image ID:...
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The Worst Worst Book Reviews
Each year Omnivore names a Hatchet Job of the Year for the best worst book review. Last year, the award went to AA Gill for a brutal takedown of Morrisey's Autobiography in which he wrote, "He has made...
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Staff Picks: Drowned City by Don Brown
Every month, library staff members are bringing you 100 books we love—culled from the millions upon millions out in the world—via our interactive Staff Picks browse tool.This month's highlight: Drowned...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of October 11
Mini Health Job Fair on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 10 am - 2 pm. Multiple employers for Home Health Aides with over 50 job openings. Participating Businesses include: Allwel, CIDNY-ILS, Ridgewood...
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The Puck is Set to Drop! The Rangers, Islanders, and Devils Return to the Ice
Image ID: 1817569The temperature is dropping, the leaves are falling, and here we are ready to begin another hockey season in New York. With the Islanders, Rangers, and Devils all promising to excite...
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Podcast #82: Patti Smith on Authors She Loves
Subscribe on iTunes.Patti Smith, musical icon and National Book Award winner, hero to aesthetes and rebels, is an NYPL favorite. The last time Smith visited, she told us about her lifelong love affair...
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Introducing New Navigation Across nypl.org
nypl.org as it appears todayThis week, we’ll be unveiling a new feature across the NYPL website: redesigned navigation menus that will improve the overall organization of the site and help you find...
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New York Times Read Alikes: October 18, 2015
A story about a house with a horrific past and the follow up to wildly popular Me Before You join the top 5 this week. #1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Martian by Andy Weir, more survival...
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Free Job Training at Tech Jobs Academy
On March 9, 2015, President Obama announced the White House's new TechHire Initiative to boost high-tech training and employment. In his speech, he stated that, "…entire groups of people are...
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Booktalking "Skelly, the Skeleton Girl" by Jimmy Pickering
Skelly lives in a haunted mansion, where she makes a surprising discovery…a bone! Who does it belong to? She asks the fish, her bat, a monster, and a carnivorous plant. No luck, of course. And the...
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show Visits NYPL
Our Readers & Writers Shop in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building recently welcomed a new employee for a day: Kevin the Cashier, from The Ellen DeGeneres Show! Kevin was kind enough to restock our...
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