Posts by Aidan Flax-Clark

A conversation with the former U.S. Poet Laureate and readings of some of his recent work.

A special episode of The World in Words' live podcast recording at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library.

Roxane Gay's latest book, "Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture," is a collection of first-person essays that directly tackle rape, sexual assault and harassment

Arundhati Roy and Viet Thanh Nguyen discussed Roy's life before she became a writer, the relationships between writing and political activism, plus Roy reads from her book The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.

New York Public Library President Anthony Marx brings together political analysts from the right and left to ask what the future holds for American democracy and for democracies around the world.

Journalist Jessica Bruder found that the best way to get to know her nomadic subjects was to join them.

The award-winning playwrights discussed Black joy, the legacy of queer writers, and the playwrights who have influenced their work.

Last year's Man Booker Prize winner shares his thoughts on Buddhist philosophy, comedy, and a trip to the opera.

Before there was Rikers Island, there was Blackwell's—today known as Roosevelt Island. Historian Stacy Horn's newest book Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York is the first in-depth look at its dark past.

Young reads selections from his new collection of poetry followed by a closer look at his childhood memories and his poetic technique with Claudia Rankine.

Wolfe’s legacy lives on at the New York Public Library; he was named a Library Lion in 1981 and the Library acquired his archives in 2013.

Masha Gessen’s book "The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia" is the winner of the Library’s 2018 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism.

In 1860, more than fifty years after the transatlantic slave trade became illegal, a schooner named Clotilda docked on the Alabama shores. It carried in its hull the last known group of slaves to be brought to the United States. Among them was a man named Kossola, who became the last surviving member of the group.

Madeline Miller's latest novel, Circe, puts you inside the life of the mythological goddess, one of the great characters of Homer's Odyssey. Miller discusses her writing process, witchcraft, and why this story resonates today with classicist and translator Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate The Odyssey into English.

Joshua Green discusses what it's like to interview the President, what actually motivates Steve Bannon, and how getting kicked out of the White House doesn't necessarily mean you're out for good.

Library President Tony Marx convened a panel of experts to help shed light on the repeal of net neutrality. Where do things stand, and where do we go from here?

Kolhatkar's book, Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street, tells the story of Steven A. Cohen and his involvement in the largest insider-trading scandal in U.S history.

Actor and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini speaks with evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen about animal behavior and her chickens.

How have social justice movements evolved in the fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death?