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Everyone Achieves at NYPL
Justin, a fourteen-year-old with special needs, sits at a computer in the Huguenot Park Library, in Staten Island, and ponders a comprehension quiz about an article he’s just read. The multiple-choice...
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LIVE from the NYPL Hosts NaNoWriMo Writers
LIVE from the NYPL welcomes all National Novel Writing Month participants to come to The New York Public Library on Tuesday, November 20th for a Write-In. Spend a few minutes or hours writing in the...
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New Business Best-Sellers: November 2012
Here is a selection of books new to the New York Times list of Business Best Sellers published in the print edition Sunday, November 11th, and, to catch up, the August 28th edition. Plus, a quick look...
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Factcheck Your Friends: Misinformation on Social Media
New Yorkers experienced two major life events in the past few weeks: a superstorm and a hotly contested presidential election. Those two events have more in common than you might think. They both...
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Stop, Rewind, Play: Every Day by David Levithan
A is sixteen years old, and has never been the same person twice. Every morning, A wakes up in the body of a different sixteen-year-old: a boy, a girl, an athlete, an addict, a star student, a burnout....
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - November 18th, 2012
For the week of November 18, 2012 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and children's series.If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, download our free app! Use it with your library...
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Reader's Den: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Week 3
Last week we discussed the passage of time and the clockwork nature of The Night Circus. Time's flow tends to bring a stream of bounty and loss simultaneously.For example, the myriad performers and...
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Cooking for the Holidays, or, Bourbon Makes It Better
Although the rapidly approaching holidays usually only induces feelings of anxiety, I do look forward to getting out the cookware and making my tried and true holiday desserts and side dishes such as...
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Meet the Artist: Q&A with William Kozar
Whose art is showing now at the Mulberry Street Library? Why, This is Kozar! William Kozar's exhibit This is Kozar, Don't Hate me Because I'm Beautiful - Glitter Compound Paintings, is on view through...
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Korean Dramas: City Hunter Review
While browsing the shelves to see if we had recent Korean Dramas, I chanced upon City Hunter. This drama is definitely one of my top 10 dramas because 1) It is an action drama 2) The dad is so evil...
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Kid Lit Con Part 2: Critical Literary Analysis on September 29, 2012
We were lucky to have Betsy Bird and NYPL host the Kid Lit Con on September 29, 2012. Kid Lit Con is an awesome experience, and I completely recommend it.The afternoon session on Critical Book...
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A List of Lists: November 2012
Visit NYPL's BiblioCommons for these lists and many more. See below for some interesting staff picks from the past couple months, on topics both timely and timeless:Mid-Manhattan Library celebrated...
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Balloons Over Broadway
One of my favorite Thanksgiving Day traditions is sitting down to watch the Macy's parade with a bagel and a cup of tea. Watching the parade helps get me ready for the long day of cooking that...
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What to Draw? A Turkey, of Course
Happy Thanksgiving to you! In honor of the holiday, here's a page from one of my favorite drawing manuals in the collection, 1913's What to Draw and How to Draw It by E. G. Lutz.This turkey (along with...
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"Run to Failure: BP and the Making of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster" by...
Run to failure: meaning operate your equipment (business) all out, don't bother to care for and maintain it (much less inspect it) properly — until everything has been pushed beyond its limits. To add...
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Art and Low Vision: The Artist’s Eyes
In his very first email to me, Michael Marmor, professor and past chair of ophthalmology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, wrote: Your point that your view is original and valid on its...
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Photography Special Libraries and Museums
My sister just took some amazing photos of me on my aunt's horse, which reminds me just how awesome photography is. I visited the International Center of Photography library near Bryant Park, which has...
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Reader's Den Chat: Meet the Author Michael Scott Moore
Last year around this time, author Michael Scott Moore read from his book Sweetness and Blood at the Columbus branch. I wanted to share it with everyone who couldn't attend. Sweetness and Blood focuses...
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December 2012 DVD Releases... Reserve Your Copy Now!
In the month of December, many great DVD movies are coming to the Library. Reserve titles now using the Library's new Catalog.The month of December is a great month for thrilling action movie releases,...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - November 25th, 2012
For the week of November 25, 2012 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and children's picture books.If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, download our free app! Use it with your...
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