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Podcast #86: Sloane Crosley on College, Jewelry, and Publicity
Subscribe on iTunes.Sloane Crosley infuses her essays with humor and warmth. Now, the author of two New York Times bestsellers has released her debut novel, The Clasp. This week, on the New York Public...
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Booktalking "After" by Francine Prose
There was a shooting at Pleasant Valley High School. Loner students clad in red attire attempted to kill their fellow students and teachers while wearing trench coats. Then, they committed suicide.At...
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Free Latino College Fair November 21
The Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (cIcu) will host the 8th Annual Latino College Fair on November 21, 2015, at Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus.All students and families,...
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Soldiers’ Stories
This Veterans’ Day, when we honor the contributions of the men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces, we’re thinking about books told from the perspective of soldiers, pilots, medical personnel, and...
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'All American Boys' Authors Visit West Farms
It was all over a bag of chips. Rashad found himself on the floor of the bodega being beaten by a cop. Quinn, a high school classmate, saw it all from outside the window. What happens next is the basis...
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Fashion Illustration Inspiration from Print and Digital Collections
Bolero Suit, 1938If you have ever sketched a triangular skirt on a stick figure, or maybe a pair of snappy sneakers, a hand wearing a glove, or the design of your prom dress, you have entered the world...
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Take Career Cruising Out For a Spin
Develop Your Career!Career Cruising is a great database to learn about what careers your skills are best suited for, learn about careers you are interested in, find jobs, and discover colleges and...
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Rock 'n' Read: Caspar Babypants
“I have great memories of going to the library as a super little kid for story times on weekday mornings...Every time I walked into that library I felt this sensation of the world opening up to...
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Honoring the Legacy of Abram Hill, Co-Founder of the American Negro Theatre
Megan Goins-Diouf, Contributor of our current exhibition, The 75th Anniversary of the American Negro Theatre, remembers Abram Hill, Co-Founder, Executive Director, playwright and producer for the...
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The United States of Fredonia?
“It was a great oversight” of the Constitution’s framers that they did not give the United States a “proper name.” So claimed Samuel Latham Mitchill in an 1803 broadside. A doctor by training, Mitchill...
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Telling the Stories of the Trans Community
“Write what you know,” they say. So, for TransgenderAwareness Month, we present trans (or trans-adjacent) authors (and one author with trans family members) who’ve written memorable trans...
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Grant Opportunity: Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program
Did you know that the Office of Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education offers grants to K-12 and postsecondary educators and administrators to study and travel abroad?The...
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The Process Behind the Produce: What's In Your Food?
Food - Focal Exhibit - Man looking at exhibit on chemicals and food. Image ID: 1673317The Food and Drug Administration is currently requesting comments on use of the term "natural" in food labels....
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Happy Birthday to Everyone's Favorite White Whale
From Charles Scammon's Marine Mammals of the North-western Coast of North America, 1874Saturday, November 14 marks the 164th anniversary of the publication of Melville's masterpiece, Moby-Dick. In...
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Novedades de Noviembre 2015: ¡Celebrando el Día de Acción de Gracias!
Día de Acción de Gracias¡Adivina que tenemos de lectura y de cocina…temas de autoayuda, romance y recetas divinas!He aquí otra nueva selección de novelas nuevas, temas de superación personal y platos...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of November 15
SAGEWorks Boot Camp - Enrollment Now open for November 30th. SAGEWorks assists people 40 years and older in learning relevant, cutting-edge job search skills in a LGBT- friendly environment. This 2...
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Reader's Den November - Hell Hath No Fury: Gone Girl, Medea, and the Allure...
Both Gone Girl and Medea feature two classic examples of the Femme Fatale archetype. In this installment of the Reader's Den, we will examine the appearance of the vengeful female or femme fatale as...
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Children's Literary Salon in Retrospect: Latino Literature on October 31, 2015
I was excited to learn about Latino literature for youth on October 31 at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, "the library with the lions." Karen Ginman, Youth Materials Selector for NYPL and BPL,...
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Seeing Double: Twins in Teen Fiction
Over the last few years while I’ve been reading young adult books for our Best Books For Teens committee, I noticed many books featuring twins as characters. Sometimes they had a strong emotional or...
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New York Times Read Alikes: November 22, 2015
Michael Connelly, Nora Roberts, Stephen King and John Grisham and The Martian in the top five. No strangers to the bestseller list this week.#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Crossing by...
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