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She's Cracking the Case
Last week, we delved into girl detectives; this week, we’re looking at those girls growing up.Young-adult fiction is rich with young women who investigate crimes, solve mysteries, and apprentice in...
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"People Still Write Letters?" Top 10 YA Epistolary Novels
Image ID: 3988597epis·to·lary \i-ˈpis-tə-ˌler-ē/ adjective: relating to or denoting the writing of letters or literary works in the form of letters.Do people still write letters? The answer is a bit of...
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Live From the Reading Room: Nella Larsen to 'Eddie'
Live from the Reading Room: Correspondence is a podcast series that aims to share interesting and engaging letters written by or to key historical figures from the African Diaspora.Each episode...
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#FridayReads Reading Roundup: Suffragettes, Feminisms, and Young Womyn...
A big shout-out for Women's History Month from us here at NYPL Recommends!Well Done, Sister Suffragette!Cast off the shadows of yesterday! Shoulder to shoulder into the fray!Know Your FeminismsFeminism...
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Book Review: The Art of People by Dave Kerpen
In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar the soothsayer warned: “beware the ides of March,” yet this year I say “embrace the ides of March” because on March 15 Dave Kerpen is launching his new book The Art of...
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The Journey from Blog to Book
You’re a savvy person. I don’t need to explain blogs to you because you’re reading a blog right now! You probably also know what books are since you’re reading a library blog. But what about blogs...
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NYC Ladders For Leaders: Paid Summer Internships
Ladders for Leaders is a nationally recognized program that offers high school and college students the opportunity to participate in paid professional summer internships with leading corporations,...
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Booktalking "City Street Beat" by Nancy Viau
Everything is happening in the city. Move with the flow. Kids can play jump rope, skip cracks on the sidewalk, ride on the train or in a carriage around Central Park. People can go shopping, play with...
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The Fantastic World of Mr. Phelps
Pieces of Mr. Phelps's life. Photo: Dalit ShalomIntroductionPostcards have been cherished by people as tokens of memory since at least the 1800s. This is something I’ve known since I was a kid, but...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of March 13
SAGEWorks Boot Camp - Enrollment Now Open. SAGEWorks assists people 40 years and older in learning relevant, cutting-edge job search skills in a LGBT-friendly environment. This 2 week training takes...
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Hello Out There…
What would Harry Potter look like with iPhones instead of owls?Or Pride and Prejudice, if Elizabeth could have called a friend to gather intel on Darcy?Or Romeo and Juliet, if Juliet could have texted...
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New York Times Read Alikes: March 20, 2016
A historical thriller set in New York City debuts at No. 1 this week, with wedding romances, British love stories, and scary stories of captivity rounding out the list.#1 Recommendations for readers...
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Spring Into Public Programs: Dorot Jewish Division
Please join us for these upcoming public programs, sponsored by the Dorot Jewish Division.All events are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.Seasoned with Song: Sacred Music...
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Podcast #103: Darryl Pinckney and Zadie Smith on Achievement and Beyoncé
Subscribe on iTunes.Darryl Pinckney is a Whiting Award winner, a former Cullman Fellow, and a longtime contributor to the New York Review of Books. He visited the New York Public Library for...
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Dachshunds in Fiction
Dachshund. Image ID: 1523477Whenever I run across a children's book featuring a dachshund on the cover, I smile. I've always thought dachshunds were a great breed but I never thought I'd be a pet...
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Mind Wipes and Missing Memories in Teen Fiction
Recently, I started thinking about YA novels featuring characters who are missing their memories. Memory loss can definitely happen in realistic fiction (a character has a head injury, or is in a...
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Exceptional New Middle Grade Books
Spring titles are still on the horizon, but already we are seeing some wonderful new middle grade ficiton titles. Here are a few we think are exceptional.Paxby Sarah PennypackerTold from multiple...
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Booktalking "Making Jack Falcone" by Joaquin "Jack" Garcia
If you want a safer job, go work in a library. These are the sentiments of undercover FBI agent, Joaquin "Jack" Garcia. He infiltrated the NY Mafia like only one agent had before him; Greg DePalma even...
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Recently Digitized Early American Manuscript Collections, March 2016
As part of the ongoing Early American Manuscripts Project, NYPL has recently digitized a number of exciting collections relating to North America in the eighteenth century.1. The Hugh Gaine Receipt...
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Ep. 21 "Fulfilling My Own Destiny" | Library Stories
As an immigrant who successfully climbed her way to the top of the corporate ladder, Lucy Chen is using her retirement as an opportunity to help younger immigrant women navigate their new lives in the...
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