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Jean Strouse with Hernan Diaz: Family Romance Dec 24, 2024

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Jean Strouse sits down with Pulitzer Prize–winner Hernan Diaz to discuss her latest book Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers. Strouse's account illuminates a period of tumultuous social change that saw the declining fortunes of the British aristocracy, the dramatic rise of new wealth on both sides of the Atlantic, and the birth of the modern art market.

Dava Sobel with Angela Saini: The Elements of Marie Curie Dec 17, 2024

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In her new biography, The Elements of Marie Curie, Dava Sobel explores not just on Curie's legendary genius, but the 45 women who worked in her lab—from Marguerite Perey, who discovered the element francium, to Curie's elder daughter, Irène, winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Sobel chronicles Curie's remarkable life of discovery alongside the lives of the women who followed down the trail she blazed. Sobel discusses her new book with science journalist Angela Saini.

Daniel Saldaña París with Chloé Cooper Jones: Planes Flying over a Monster Dec 10, 2024

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Daniel Saldaña París speaks with Chloé Cooper Jones about his latest book Planes Flying over a Monster, which explores the cities where París has lived, each one home to a new iteration of himself. These now diverging, now coalescing selves raise questions: Where can we find authenticity? How do we construct the stories that define us? What if our formative memories are closer to fiction than truth?

New York Crime Stories: Reading from the Archives Dec 03, 2024

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Dive into the Library's collections for true tales of crime and chicanery from some of the city's most outstanding lawbreakers. Beloved actors and performers read stories mined from the Library's collections about the words and deeds of New Yorkers who lived on either side of the letter of the law.

Maira Kalman with Rumaan Alam: Still Life with Remorse Nov 26, 2024

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Beloved artist and author Maira Kalman sits down with author Rumaan Alam to discuss her new collection of illustrations, Still Life with Remorse, her most autobiographical and intimate work to date.

Celebrating Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer's 'The Joy of Connections' Nov 19, 2024

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Celebrating The Joy of Connections, the last book of beloved icon (and long-time New Yorker) Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Co-authors Allison Gilbert and Pierre Lehu are joined by Dr. Ruth's children, Dr. Miriam Westheimer and Dr. Joel Westheimer, in a conversation moderated by WABC-TV's Bill Ritter.

Glory Edim with Aminatou Sow: Gather Me Nov 12, 2024

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Glory Edim, the founder of Well-Read Black Girl, discusses her new memoir, Gather Me, an ode to the power reading has had on her life and to books' ability to help us understand ourselves.

Clara Bingham with Farai Chideya: Revolutionary Foremothers Nov 05, 2024

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Clara Bingham discusses her new book, The Movement, the first oral history of the decade that built the modern feminist movement.

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson with Steve Connell: What If We Get It Right? Oct 29, 2024

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, the beloved marine biologist and policy expert imagines an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures.

Ada Limón and Peter Sís: In Praise of Mystery Oct 22, 2024

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The U.S. Poet Laureate and Caldecott honoree Illustrator discuss their transcendent picture book featuring a poem that will travel into space aboard NASA's Europa Clipper.

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