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Caring for Aging Parents and Yourself
When you are small, your parents normally take care of you. Time passes, life happens and the years fly by. Slowly, you may begin to realize that your parents can no longer cope with life on their own....
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Delicious Reads from December's Open Book Night
With the holidays at our doorstep, there’s one thing that’s sure to be on everyone’s mind: food! So naturally, this December we here at Mid-Manhattan decided to dedicate our monthly Open Book Night to...
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NYPL's Most Popular Check Outs of 2015
Over 20 million items are circulated through our network of 92 libraries each year, and among those items there are both expected front-runners and a few interesting surprises every year. For your...
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A Personal Trip to Star Wars: The Force Awakens
My hearing aids were off for the night so in silence I watched the Star Destroyer glide like a shark after the princess’s outmatched corvette. The stormtroopers blasted grim-faced men defending the...
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動動脖子, 頸椎不痛 || Chinese Book for Neck Pain
動動脖子, 頸椎不痛 || Dong dong bo zi, jing zhui bu tong Chi 617.53 Dong dong 動動脖子, 頸椎不痛南京: 江蘇科技出版社, 2013 ISBN :...
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Readings for New Year's Resolutions
A happy New Year. Image ID: 1588010USA.gov provides a listing of popular New Year's Resolutions and related government resources to help you meet any of these goals. The Library is also a great place...
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Podcast #92: Nico Muhly and Ira Glass on Composers and the Internet
Subscribe on iTunes.Nico Muhly is the youngest composer ever to have his work performed at the Metropolitan Opera. Recently, he joined Ira Glass, best known as the host of This American Life, to...
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Let's Toast
Why do we clink glasses while drinking a toast? Image ID: 1519507What is a toast? How do you toast someone?A toast is a ritual in Western culture in which a drink is taken in honor of someone or to...
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The Poetics of Blog Posts: Contemporary Poetry
The New Testament by Jericho Brown Without resorting to hyperbole, Jericho Brown is one of my favorite contemporary poets and I know I am not alone in that sentiment. He has won multiple awards, and...
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Check Out the New Children's Programs at George Bruce
Guess what?! We've got new programs for children (and their caregivers) at the George Bruce Library! Both are storytime themed programs that encourage child and caregiver participation, and foster new...
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11 Podcast Episodes from 2015 That Will Get You Hooked
We started the New York Public Library podcast in 2014. Once again this year, guest after guest has kept us intrigued, delighted, and hungry for more. We've received advice from a Supreme Court...
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Our Most-Recommended Books of 2015
Before we launch headlong into a new year of books, here in Readers Services, we thought it might be fun to reflect on the 365234298657 billion books (an exact number) we recommended in 2015.via...
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Lilian's Favorite Books and DVDs of 2015
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh is an enthralling love story that was inspired by A Thousand and One Nights. The Wrath and the Dawn tells the story of Khalid and Shahrzad. Shahrzad volunteers to...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of January 3
SAGEWorks Boot Camp - Enrollment Now open for January 4th. SAGEWorks assists people 40 years and older in learning relevant, cutting-edge job search skills in a LGBT-friendly environment. This two...
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5 of the Costliest Errors In World Series History
Hello! So 2015 is now in the record books. New Years is just around the corner, and that's typically a time to think positively, right? We all throw in some clichés, start some "new beginnings," and...
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Bed, Bath and Flying Machines: Highlights from SIBL's Public Domain Collection
This is one of a series of blog posts related to the NYPL Public Domain Release: discover the collections and find inspiration for using them in your own research, teaching, and creative practice....
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Podcast #94: Sharon Olds and Cynthia Nixon on Dickinson, First Drafts, and...
Subscribe on iTunes.Sharon Olds is the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award. The author of twelve collections of poetry, including Stag's Leap and...
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2,000 Public Domain Prints Available From the Jerome Robbins Dance Division
This is one of a series of blog posts related to the NYPL Public Domain Release: discover the collections and find inspiration for using them in your own research, teaching, and creative practice. The...
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16 Laugh Out Loud #InternetABook Titles
The hashtag game #InternetABook asks you to internet-ify your favorite books. At NYPL, we love a pun almost as much as we love books, so we've created a few of our own and selected some of the finest...
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The Summer David Bowie Made Me Cry (And Why I'm Grateful)
In the summer of 1981, the most lucrative option for me to make money was to stay in my college town and work the graveyard shift at the local IBM factory. The work wasn't strenuous, but it was...
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