Posts by Nicholas Parker

If you're open to trying out Virginia Woolf's writing for the first time, here are some great books to start you off.

By Malcolm Gladwell. As a kid, the highlight of my week was Wednesday evening, when my mom would drive me into town to the public library. The library was a magical place, that gave me—a kid from a tiny town—a window on the whole world. I've never lost that feeling. And I've never felt more strongly that every child deserves that same window on the world.

Welcome to our biweekly update on events happening during the next two weeks at The New York Public Library. With 92 locations across New York City, a lot is happening at the Library. We're highlighting some of our events here—including author talks, free classes, community art shows, performances, concerts, and exhibitions.

The Savage Detectives is a fascinating and exciting read, and the central theme of looking for an author got us thinking: what other works feature characters searching for writers? Here are six of our favorites.

We're celebrating the achievements of women around the world who contributed to modern feminism in its early stages. This is what an 18th-century feminist looks like.

For this year’s Law Day, the Library is hosting a series of workshops, programs, and talks on the many far-reaching effects of the 14th Amendment on our democracy. Find a local program near you on Monday, May 1, to learn more about citizenship, civil rights, voting and equal protection throughout American history, and celebrate the rights that the 14th Amendment has given our country.

With 92 locations across New York City, a lot is happening at the Library. We're highlighting some of our events here—including author talks, free classes, community art shows, performances, concerts, and exhibitions.

Welcome to our biweekly update on events happening during the next two weeks at The New York Public Library. With 92 locations across New York City, a lot is happening at the Library.

If you were hooked on Z and its unflinching depiction of a marriage of creative minds troubled by jealously, alcoholism, mental problems and an indulgent lifestyle, then these films and television series will be right up your alley.

When Henry David Thoreau set out for a life of isolated self-sufficiency by Walden Pond, he made an account of all the necessities he bought for his time there: food, clothing, farming needs, and even the materials he used to build his own house. But something has been strangely omitted: a writing utensil.

If you're looking to jump into Flannery O'Connor's work, here are some of our favorite titles available at your local library.

The New York Public Library remembers the life of Robert B. Silvers, editor of The New York Review of Books and member of the Library's Board of Trustees.

Welcome to our biweekly update on events happening during the next two weeks at The New York Public Library. With 92 locations across New York City, a lot is happening at the Library.

As it turns out, π is an incredibly special number with a lot of interesting properties, and it pops up in many, many formulas that dictate how our universe works and explain some of the deepest relations in mathematics.

Forerunners of the counterculture movement of the 60's, the Beats have been widely read for decades and continue to influence the development of literature today. If you've yet to get into the novels and poetry produced by this band of literary rebels, here are a few selections to point you in the right direction.

Welcome to our biweekly update on events happening during the next two weeks at The New York Public Library.

The Library has just announced the acquisition of the Lou Reed Archive, and we're celebrating the life and legacy of this rock icon with a series of displays, programs, and performances.

Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, is famous all over the world for his iconic children's books and illustrations. But what most people don't know is that a lot of his stories are inspired by complex political issues.

February 27 just so happens to be the birthday of John Steinbeck, the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author whose vivid, imaginative writing brought tales of California to life in several novels and short stories.