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Toni Morrison In the Spotlight In NY For Banned Books Week

by Sarah Rose Sharp September 20, 2022September 21, 2022

The library is offering Morrison’s Beloved and The Bluest Eye for unlimited checkouts through October 31, accessible at in-person locations with a library card as well as online.

Posted inBooks

NY Public Library Is Giving Away 500,000 Free Books This Summer

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie June 20, 2022October 15, 2022

Young New Yorkers across the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island can head to any NYPL branch and pick up a free book.

Posted inNews

Women’s History Month Kicks Off At the New York Public Library

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia March 1, 2022March 1, 2022

Collection highlights, reading recommendations by female authors, and a “Hall of Femme” honoring women librarians are among NYPL’s March initiatives.

Posted inArt

A Lock of Beethoven’s Hair and Maya Angelou’s Papers Are Among NYPL’s Treasures

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia September 29, 2021September 30, 2021

The exhibition, on view for the next 75 years, features 250 rare items from the library’s collection.

Posted inArt

New NY Public Library Installation Is Inspired by History of Writing

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford August 17, 2021August 17, 2021

Hayal Pozanti created a set of 31 unique shapes years ago through a combination of intuition and research into ancient writing systems.

Posted inArt

The Trove of Hanukkah Treasures In New York City’s Public Collections

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia December 11, 2020December 15, 2020

A bright pink silicon menorah in the Jewish Museum, a pair of Hanukkah hymns from a medieval prayer book in the New York Public Library, and other gems.

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An Essential Reading List for Black Liberation, Brought to You by the Schomburg Center

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia June 10, 2020January 14, 2022

To mark its 95th anniversary, the center’s staff and curators chose 95 books by Black authors, including titles by James Baldwin, Saidiya Hartman, Jesmyn Ward, Deborah Willis, and Colson Whitehead.

Posted inArt

A POC-Centered Vision of NYC From NK Jemisin, Celebrated Sci-Fi Author

Avatar photo by Dessane Lopez Cassell June 10, 2020November 5, 2020

Jemisin will join comedian W. Kamau Bell for a discussion of sci-fi, Afrofuturism, and her most recent novel, which brings her unique brand of speculative fiction a little closer to earth.

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“Missing Sounds of New York” Brings the City to Your Headphones

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia May 1, 2020

The New York Public Library has released a playlist of sounds that take us back to pre-pandemic days in the city that never sleeps.

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What Are the New York Public Library Lions Reading? The Great Gatsby and Beloved

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia February 24, 2020

As part of its 125th anniversary celebrations, NYPL has outfitted the marble lions that flank its main branch entrance with their very own copies of two books chosen from librarians’ 125 favorite titles.

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NYPL Announces the 10 Most Borrowed Books in Its History

by Hakim Bishara January 13, 2020January 13, 2020

The Snowy Day, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and 1984 are among the most popular books in the library’s 125-year history.

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The New York Public Library’s Iconic Lions Are Taking a Cat Nap

by Hakim Bishara August 12, 2019

Patience and Fortitude, the 108-year-old lions that have guarded the Library’s Main Branch since 1911, will be covered for cleanup and repair beginning September 2.

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