Posts by NYPL Staff

Librarians changed my life. Growing up in Brooklyn, library workers guided me toward the books I didn't yet know I needed to read. I learned about womanhood from Judy Blume's Are You There God, It's Me Margaret and the atrocities of racism in Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

When offered a contract to play for the Los Angeles Rams, Kenny Washington became the first African American player in the modern era NFL.

Get ready to vote.

Do you believe Knowledge Is Power? Show the world with your library card.

The Jewish Museum and The New York Public Library have jointly acquired the complete series of 57 gouaches on paper created by designer, author, illustrator, and artist Maira Kalman for the 2005 edition of The Elements of Style.

This season, The New York Public Library is drawing from its collections—and ideas that continue to inspire artists today—to present two companion exhibitions celebrating the life and legacy of one of photography’s earliest pioneers.

Introducing Insta Novels, a reimagining of Instagram Stories to provide a new platform for iconic stories.

The New York Public Library is excited to share that we have teamed up with Macmillan Publishing Group for an ongoing partnership to create and publish a variety of books inspired by the Library and its collections.

When kids say they don't like to read, they’re not actually telling the truth. What they're really saying is that they don't like reading boring books. They haven't yet found the book that will make them fall in love with reading.

"My second job as a teenager was shelving books at the only library in Lorain, Ohio. Every shift started with a tall stack of returned books—fiction, history, drama, poetry, everything. It didn't pay much, but it was magical. Then I got fired." -Toni Morrison

The spirit of the 60s never truly left. And this season, it's front and center at the Library—and across the city—with era-inspired programs, special guests, exhibitions, and more.

In an interview posted today on The Verge, NYPL president Tony Marx and associate director of information policy Greg Cram lay out the impact of today’s vote on net neutrality.