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    Picture Books That Celebrate Libraries and the Joy of Reading

    By Carrie McBride, Communications | August 29, 2024

    You can become a library lover at any stage of life, but why not start young! 

  • Left: A black and white head shot of Jean Blackwell Hutson. Right: In black colored lettering, In Her Own Words & Photos, 1964: When Future Schomburg Center Chief Librarian Jean Blackwell Hutson Curated the Africana Collection in Ghana. Words are on a light tan background. Underneath is the slightly blurred image of a map of Accra, Ghana

    1964: When Future Schomburg Center Chief Librarian Jean Blackwell Hutson Curated the Africana Collection in Ghana

    By Lisa Herndon, Manager, Schomburg Communications and Publications | August 19, 2024

    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

    Through her diary and photos, learn more about Jean Blackwell Hutson curating the Africana collection in Ghana in 1964. 

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    15 Books for Savoring Every Last Moment of Summer

    By Carrie McBride, Communications | August 16, 2024

    Are you a true summer lover? These titles will help you soak up maximum summer vibes.

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    Where To Start With Malachy McCourt

    By Carrie McBride, Communications | August 6, 2024

    A storyteller and quick-witted raconteur, he wrote colorful memoirs and several books about Irish history.

  • David Evanier, with wire-rim glasses, in black jacket & black T-shirt, outside, in front of a gate.

    NYPL Researcher Spotlight: David Evanier

    By Jeanne-Marie Musto, Librarian II | August 5, 2024

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

    Norman Podhoretz: editor, author, polemicist, pariah, friend. David Evanier tells of his work on an unauthorized biography of a complex man.

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    Finding Inspiration in the Arthur Russell Archives with Singer-Songwriter Katy Kirby

    By Avery Baumel, Library Page | July 30, 2024

    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

    Katy Kirby on how she gained inspiration from our Arthur Russell archive before recording her second album.

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