Library Talks

A Goddess Reimagined

Trump's Doghouse has a Revolving Door

Why Net Neutrality Matters

Sheelah Kolhatkar has Inside Information

Isabella Rossellini Shares Her Eggs

Building Movements with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Shaun King

Reforming America's Prisons

Dr. John Carlos Has No Regrets

Debut Novelist Akwaeke Emezi Recenters Reality

Michelle McNamara and Patton Oswalt's search for the Golden State Killer

Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

A conversation with the author about migration, autonomy, home and his new novel "A State of Freedom."

Inspired by her research into the painful realities of American incarceration, Jones’ “An American Marriage” blends equal parts heartbreak and humor to tell  the love story of a young couple whose marriage is tested by an unexpected calamity. In a conversation with Isaac Fitzgerald, founding editor of Buzzfeed Books and co-host of Twitter Show, #AmtoDM, Jones talks about her writing process, her relationships with her characters, and what it felt like to get an unannounced call from Oprah herself.

To celebrate the publication of When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, Patrisse Khan-Cullors and her co-author asha bandele stopped by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Akiba Solomon, Editorial Director of Colorlines, interviews the two about the history of Black Lives Matter, from hashtag to global movement.

What do Mark Zuckerberg and Martin Luther have in common? Historian and political commentator Niall Ferguson explains in his newest book The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook. Ferguson stopped by The New York Public Library to speak with Gillian Tett, U.S. Managing Editor of the Financial Times, about the power and limitations of networks throughout history, our news feeds and censorship.