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It's Positively Medieval!
Text with placemarkers and rubric; miniature showing man being stoned. Image ID: 426457Journalists and politicians habitually employ the term "medieval" as a derogatory adjective, indicative of regress...
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Remembering Edward Albee
On September 16, 2016, the playwright Edward Albee died in Montauk, New York. He will be remembered for his contributions to American drama, particularly Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf which was, in...
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Attack of the Killer Bs: B-Movies and Cult Films
B-movies, cult films, midnight movies, guilty pleasures; call them whatever you like. There are the Oscar winners, there are the summer blockbusters and then there are these: the films that are so bad,...
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Finding George R.R. Martin's Earliest Work
NYPL Digital Collections Image ID: 407623Many readers are aware—perhaps painfully aware—that George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series has been a decades-long undertaking. The first book, A...
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New York Times Bestseller Read Alikes: September 25, 2016
Three new titles enter the top five this week! If you are among the masses who read and enjoyed these bestsellers and are left wanting more, here are a few suggestions. #1 Recommendations for readers...
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Disposessing Loyalists and Redistributing Property in Revolutionary New York
The American Revolution was a civil war. It may have given rise to a republic in which the foundation for government legitimacy is a democratic citizenry offering its voluntary consent to law. But that...
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NYPL Now: Events at the Library September 19-October 3, 2016
LIVE from the NYPL: Nicholson Baker and Katherine Lanpher on September 20, 2016Welcome to NYPL Now, a biweekly update on events happening during the next two weeks at the Library. With 92 locations...
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Podcast #130: Alan Cumming on Memory, Gore Vidal, and Monica Lewinsky
Subscribe on iTunes.Alan Cumming is one of the great character actors alive today. He is also the author of Tommy's Tale: A Novel and Not my Father's Son: A Memoir. His newest book is called You Gotta...
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BBB Live Consumer Education Program: Bilingual Volunteers Needed
On November 16, 2016, from 12 noon to 9 PM, the Metro New York Better Business Bureau Foundation will present its eighth "BBB Live" consumer education program, with generous support from Univision. The...
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New York Comic Con at the New York Public Library
The New York Public Library in partnership with First Second and New York Comic Con (NYCC) present two #NYCC2016 events October 7 and 8—a comics panel for adults and one for kids.New York Comic Con...
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Romantic Interests: Celebrating 30 Years of the Pforzheimer Collection at NYPL
2016 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle coming to The New York Public Library. To celebrate the occasion, a small exhibition titled...
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NYPL #FridayReads: The Caffeinated Writer Edition September 30, 2016
During the week, it can be tough to stay on top of everything. On Fridays, though, we suggest kicking back to catch up on all the delightful literary reading the internet has to offer. Don't have the...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of October 2
Enrollment Now Open - SAGEWorks Boot Camp, Sunday, October 2 - October 8, 2016, 8 - 9 am at The SAGE Center, 305 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10001. This 2 week training takes place from Monday -...
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September 2016 International Fiction Bestsellers: China, Nigeria, Poland,...
Chinese sci-fi, Japanese and Polish crime novels, Spanish historical fiction, novels of Nigeria, Arabic literary fiction, Harry Potter... Do you ever wonder what books are popular with readers in other...
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Sympathy for a Spy
“Treason of the blackest day,” wrote Henry Dearborn in his journal, “is this day fortunately discovered.” American troops had captured British Army Major John André a few days before Dearborn took note...
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Searching for Theory in the Performing Arts Archives
Federal Theatre Project. Image ID: TH-12102During my residency this summer in The New York Public Library’s Short-Term Fellows program, I was able to immerse myself in more than forty boxes of...
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Margaret Atwood: Where to Begin
This post is part of a series in which Readers Services librarians suggest a good starting place for authors appearing in our LIVE from the NYPL series this fall.Margaret Atwood will join Fiona Shaw on...
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Schomburg Archivists Take Your Questions On #AskAnArchivist Day
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is excited to celebrate Ask An Archivist Day on Wednesday, October 5. Archivists from around the world volunteer to answer questions posed by the...
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Podcast #132: Sally Mann on Cy Twombly and the Babushkas Who Saved Russian Art
Subscribe on iTunes.In 2001, Sally Mann was named “America’s Best Photographer” by Time magazine. In a career spanning decades, she has exhibited her work at the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of...
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Celebrando el mes de la Herencia Hispana: Biografías
En honor del "mes de la Herencia Hispana" —el mes del 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre dedicado a celebrar las historias, culturas y las contribuciones de los ciudadanos estadounidenses cuyos...
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