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Library Talks The New York Public Library

    • Education
    • 4.4 • 307 Ratings

Join The New York Public Library and your favorite writers, artists, and thinkers for smart talks and provocative conversations from the nation’s cultural capital.

    Chasing Bruno Schulz: Benjamin Balint with Joshua Cohen

    Chasing Bruno Schulz: Benjamin Balint with Joshua Cohen

    Author and journalist Benjamin Balint sits down with Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Joshua Cohen to discuss Balint’s latest book Bruno Schulz, a fresh portrait of the Polish-Jewish writer and artist that draws on extensive new reporting and archival research.

    • 57 min
    Álvaro Enrigue with Marie Arana: You Dreamed of Empires

    Álvaro Enrigue with Marie Arana: You Dreamed of Empires

    The author of Sudden Death returns with a new novel that reimagines the destinies of Tenochtitlan.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Heather Cox Richardson with Andrew Delbanco: Democracy Awakening

    Heather Cox Richardson with Andrew Delbanco: Democracy Awakening

    Historian and author Heather Cox Richardson sits down with Andrew Delbanco to discuss her most recent book, Democracy Awakening.

    • 59 min
    Lesbian Poetic Traditions: Judy Grahn and Friends

    Lesbian Poetic Traditions: Judy Grahn and Friends

    The iconic feminist poet Judy Grahn re-explores the traditions of lesbian poetry from Sappho to Pat Parker and beyond.

    • 57 min
    Vauhini Vara with Leslie Jamison: This Is Salvaged

    Vauhini Vara with Leslie Jamison: This Is Salvaged

    Prize-winning author Vauhini Vara sits down with Leslie Jamison to discuss her first collection of short stories, This Is Salvaged.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Ayana Mathis and Justin Torres

    Ayana Mathis and Justin Torres

    Authors Ayana Mathis, author of The Unsettled, and Justin Torres, author of Blackouts, speak about their award-winning novels.

    • 1 hr

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
307 Ratings

307 Ratings

Nikkijohnson0919 ,

Great author interviews

Appreciate all the thoughtful interviews. Great bookish listen.

ricky d 1 billy ,

I love u come back

Yes

Mkmi ,

Great guest, condescending interviewer

The interview with Rebecca Mead was painful. She was wonderful, but it’s as if he wanted to belittle the author and mock her love for this book.

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