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  • Fort Washington Library: Neighborhood Book Club ‘Lake Effect’ by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

    Fort Washington Library 535 West 179th Street (Between St. Nicholas & Audubon), New York, NY

    Reading keeps us connected. Join us for a neighborhood book club at the Fort Washington Branch! The New York Public Library and WNYC—two indispensable New York institutions—are partnering to host a book club that brings New Yorkers together and fosters community. This book club will take place IN PERSON. The April title is Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's 'Lake Effect' - a wry and tender portrait of two families forever changed by one lovestruck decision that will reverberate for decades.

  • Bruce’s Garden: Summer Readings!

    Bruce Reynolds Memorial Garden Across from 10 Park Terrace EAST, near W. 215 St., New York, NY, United States

    Welcome to the eleventh year of Bruce’s Garden Summer Readings! All Readings are on Wednesdays and start at 7 P.M. with refreshments starting at 6:30. 
    MAY 20 ROBERT SNYDER will read from When the City Stopped Stories from New York's Essential Workers

    FREE

  • Inwood Library: Diverse Books + Banter – “Recitatif” by Toni Morrison

    Inwood Library 4790 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    Diverse Books + Banter: "Recitatif" by Toni Morrison Join the Inwood Library  to discuss:  "Recitatif" by Toni Morrison. This is an IN-PERSON event only -- register online to secure your seat.  You may reserve a physical copy of this book to pick up at a library branch. Open to Adults 18+

    FREE

  • Word Up Recirculation: Seth Michelson’s HOPE ON THE BORDER with David C. Baluarte

    Word Up Recirculation 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.), New York, NY, United States

    Word Up welcomes award-winning professor Seth Michelson to discuss his new book Hope on the Border: Immigration, Incarceration, and the Power of Poetry, a humanizing story of immigration shown through the lens of undocumented, unaccompanied children and the poems they write.

    Free – $31