Bruce’s Garden Summer Readings
Noted author Julie Salamon will discuss her forthcoming book, The Ghosts of Tenth Avenue (The Penguin Press, 2026.)
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Bruce Reynolds Memorial Garden Across from 10 Park Terrace EAST, near W. 215 St., New York, NY, United States
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Castle Village Community Room: Book Talk “Every Day Is Sunday” by Ken Belson
Castle Village Annex Community Room 110 Cabrini Blvd., New York, NY, United StatesEvery Day Is Sunday” is an in-depth look at the business of pro football. Specifically, Ken hones in on the fascinating roster of characters who have made the NFL the economic and cultural super power it is.
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Word Up: The Afterlives of Bestselling 18th-century Novelist Marie Jeanne Riccoboni – A Conversation Between Translators
Word Up Community Bookshop 2113 Amsterdam Ave at 165th St., New York, NY, United StatesMarie-Jeanne Riccoboni was a bestselling 18th-Century writer—one of the first female authors who managed to finance an independent life away from her abusive husband thanks to her writing. Her novels explore the impossible choices that women in pre-Revolutionary France faced.
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Word Up: Robert Snyder’s WHEN THE CITY STOPPED with Led Black and Dave Crenshaw
Word Up Community Bookshop 2113 Amsterdam Ave at 165th St., New York, NY, United StatesWord Up welcomes Manhattan Borough Historian Robert W. Snyder to discuss When the City Stopped: Stories from New York's Essential Workers with Uptown civic leaders Led Black and Dave Crenshaw.
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Word Up Recirculation – Barnard Center for Research on Women: The Elsewhere is Black
Word Up Recirculation 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.), New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for an exciting book salon in celebration of Barnard Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, Sexuality Studies Marisa Solomon’s The Elsewhere Is Black: Ecological Violence and Improvised Life.
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Bruce’s Garden Reading – Leslie Day – River: A Hudson Memoir
Bruce Reynolds Memorial Garden Across from 10 Park Terrace EAST, near W. 215 St., New York, NY, United StatesLeslie Day will read from and discuss her newest book, River–A Hudson Memoir (Cornell University Press, 2025.) The book offers a unique look at Dr. Day’s life when, in 1975, she moved to a tiny houseboat at the 79th St. Boat Basin on the Hudson.
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