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Banned Books Week: October 5–11

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  • Author Talks & Conversations

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  • Gertrude Stein: Francesca Wade with Brenda Wineapple

    Tues, Oct 7 | 6 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Francesca Wade with the cover of Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife.
  • True Nature: Lance Richardson with Sam Anderson

    Tues, Oct 14 | 6 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Lance Richardson with the cover of True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen.
  • Gish Jen with Weike Wang: Bad Bad Girl

    Mon, Oct 20 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Gish Jen with the cover of Bad Bad Girl.
  • ¡Zas! Queer Puerto Rican Comics Celebration

    Thurs, Oct 9 | 6 PM

    53rd Street Library & Online

    Side-by-side headshots of drag queen Megami, cartoonist Ivan Velez, graphic novelist Sharon Lee De La Cruz, animator Mariela Figueroa, and artist Eliana Falcón-Dvorsky.
  • Gertrude Stein: Francesca Wade with Brenda Wineapple

    Tues, Oct 7 | 6 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Francesca Wade with the cover of Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife.
  • True Nature: Lance Richardson with Sam Anderson

    Tues, Oct 14 | 6 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Lance Richardson with the cover of True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen.
  • Gish Jen with Weike Wang: Bad Bad Girl

    Mon, Oct 20 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Gish Jen with the cover of Bad Bad Girl.

Staff Picks

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In the Collection

  • But Not Too Bold

    Hache Pueyo

    AdultHorror
  • How to Survive a Slasher

    Justine Pucella Winans

    Young AdultFiction
  • Kiss Me, Maybe

    Gabriella Gamez

    AdultRomance
  • Alligator Tears

    Edgar Gomez

    AdultMemoir
  • The Country Under Heaven

    Frederic S. Durbin

    AdultFiction
  • The Ten

    E. A. Hanks

    AdultMemoir
  • The Martians

    David Baron

    AdultNonfiction
  • A New New Me

    Helen Oyeyemi

    AdultFiction
  • Dark Renaissance

    Stephen Greenblatt

    AdultNonfiction
  • Indian Country

    Shobha Rao

    AdultFiction
  • New Books for Teens for Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

    These recently published young adult novels include fantasy, romance, and contemporary fiction. Dive in!

     


     

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  • Fiction Fans, Check Out the National Book Award's Longlist for 2025

    Two authors on the esteemed list worked on their books during their time as fellows of the Library's Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. 

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