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      Our COVID-19 response

       

      Black Literature Matters Resource Page

       

      Our Commitment to the Black Community


      Digital magazines are back, and with more titles than before. Click here now to try out OverDrive.

       

      TODAY AT THE LIBRARY

      Open 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM


      Upcoming Events

      • Storytime Online
      • The Writing Life Poetry Workshop: Write What Life Feels Like Now with Esther Cohen
      • Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
      NEW BOOKS LIST
       

      Book Recommendations

      • New Year, New Reading Lists
      • What We Read in 2020
      • In Case You Missed It Part 8: Selected Acquisitions

      Library Blog

      "The Steves"
      February 25, 2021
      These poems were created by participants in Write What Life Feels Like Now with Esther Cohen in response to the prompt STEVE.
      Women's History Month 2021: Recent Arrivals
      February 22, 2021
      Our annual list of recent acquisitions focusing on women's vast contibrutions to history.
      Black Literature Matters: A New Resource
      February 15, 2021
      A central online destination for Black Literature Matters resources including video, images, recommended reading, and more.

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Past Exhibitions

  • The Book Beautiful: Margaret Armstrong & Her Bindings
  • Wanderlust: Your Favorite Travel Books
  • Women Get the Vote: A Historic Look at the 19th Amendment
  • On the Town: Your Favorite New York City Reads
  • The New York World of Willa Cather
  • Broken Beauty: Ruins of the Ancient World
  • Pop-Up Exhibition: Herman Melville's New York, 1850
  • Sarah Parker Goodhue: A Hidden Collection Comes to Light
  • A Pop-Up Display: Alexander Hamilton
  • Readers Make Their Mark: Annotated Books at the New York Society Library
  • From the Western Front and Beyond: The Writings of World War One
  • Extraordinary Gifts: Rare Books Presented to The New York Society Library, 1754-2012
  • Edith Wharton's New York City: A Backward Glance
  • Writing the Garden: A Literary Conversation Across Two Centuries
  • Literary Lives: The World of Francis Steegmuller and Shirley Hazzard
  • The President's Wife and the Librarian: Letters at an Exhibition
  • Shelf Life: Works in Brass by Christopher Hewat
  • The Library Moves Uptown: 70 Years at 79th Street (1937-2007)
  • Bringing Home the Exotic: Europeans as Foreigners 1670-1840
  • The 250th Anniversary Exhibition

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