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NYPL Ask the Author: Mark Strand
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Five Helpful Titles for Selecting a College
A new school year has begun and many young people are starting their senior year of high school. The high school seniors and juniors are starting college applications. It is beneficial to start...
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Children's Literary Salon in Retrospect: Marc Aronson on September 6, 2014
I saw Marc Aronson on a panel at a School Library Journal Day of Dialog a few years ago, and I was intrigued by his ideas about juvenile nonfiction. So, of course, I was thrilled when I learned that he...
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Musical of the Month: Fiddler on the Roof
In the following blog post, Columbia University's Alisa Solomon examines three typescripts of Fiddler on the Roof that can be studied at the Library for the Performing Arts. Solomon's excellent book,...
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Discover Global Markets: China - U.S. Commercial Service
Throughout 2014 the Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce has been holding a series of conferences around the United States promoting the export opportunities found in different foreign...
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Booktalking "Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief" by Bill Mason
I have always been fascinated by thieves who could pull off multimillion-dollar heists, steal paintings from museums beefed up with security, etc. However, all of the stories included a ring of...
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Banned Books Don't Work
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings...
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October Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattan
Are you interested in the history of free-market health care, classic DC comics, the story of an American bride in Kabul in 1961, or an American divorcee in 21st century Qatar, the pleasures of English...
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Booktalking "Catch Me If You Can" by Frank Abagnale, Jr.
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake by Frank Abagnale, Jr., 1980.Frank William Abagnale, Frank Williams, or any of the other aliases he gave people, cruised through life alternately as...
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Bullies, Victims, and Bystanders in Teen Fiction
October is National Bullying Prevention Month, so I thought that this was the ideal time to share some books from our young adult fiction shelves on this painful subject. Here are ten novels featuring...
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Jerry Bock's Demo Recordings: Fiddler on the Roof
A few months ago, I posted three demo recordings of Fiorello! from the Jerry Bock recordings in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. This month, in honor of Fiddler's 50th...
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September Reader's Den: Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of the Reader's Den blog on Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely.Let's take a look at how the author describes what brought him to his research:"My immersive introduction to...
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Missing The Killing? Crime Series Set in the Northwest
There is something about the sinister, shadowy, gray atmosphere of the AMC show The Killing that is unforgettable. The series was based on a Danish series called Forbrydelsen (The Crime.) The American...
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In Support of Paid Leave: 25 Million Stories
This is the Department of Labor blog post authored by Latifa Lyles, Director of the Women's Bureau. In this blog Latifa explores issues that affect women and families in the workplace. She points...
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Drop Everything And Read Day at the Bronx Library Center
Join us and celebrate the freedom to read as never before.For more information or to schedule group or class visits, please call 718-579-4244.
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Ben Lerner on Modernism, Lived Experience, and Back to the Future
Ben Lerner is no stranger to critical acclaim. His first novel, Leaving the Atocha Station, won the Believer Book Award. His second poetry collection, Angie of Yaw, was nominated for the National Book...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of October 6
The Department of Labor and Americare, Inc. will present a recruitment for Certified and Home Health Aide Trainees (20 openings) on Monday, October 6, 2014, 10 am- 1 pm, at Flushing Workforce 1 Career...
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Ayana Mathis on The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, Inspiring Women, and Writing...
In 2012, Ayana Mathis published her first novel, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie. Following an endorsement by Oprah Winfrey, the book soared to the New York Times bestseller list. An intergenerational...
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E-books for the 6-12 Set
Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle Armed with a one-way ticket to New York City, small-town theater geek Nate is off to start rehearsals for E.T.: The Broadway Musical. (10-14 yr. olds)
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When the Print Book Would Take Up Your Whole Bag: Long Reads in "E"
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco After reading too many manuscripts about occult conspiracy theories, three editors invent their own conspiracy for fun. [640 pages]Perdido Street Station by China...
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