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The New York Public Library provides resources, programs, and services that support those New Yorkers seeking to become American citizens.

In honor of the four-legged, furry, scaly, and feathered friends that share our concrete jungle, here are books for all ages about urban wildlife!

African American culture is a mixture of many flavors and not just a single story narrative.

LGBTQ+ literature often explores difficult relationships between queer and trans people and their parents. But what about parents who are themselves queer or trans?

If you are in need of some literary angst on this typically romantic holiday, here are some ideas to get you started.

As we approach the closing of one year and the opening of another, here are a few books whose ends (to paraphrase T. S. Eliot) contain their beginnings.

In addition to the many classic movies set in the Big Apple, there have been many Hollywood stars who began their lives in New York.

To celebrate the Bronxites who have found success in Hollywood, Parkchester Library will be viewing films starring, written by, or directed by men and women who were born in our borough.

if you are tired of the more typical scary classics, check out some alternative options for Halloween reading.

If election coverage has not already exhausted the political portions of your brain, head to the NYPL and check out some great works of literature that wrestle with questions about government, law, and the complexities of human society. Here are some suggestions to get you started.

Victor receives a mysterious note on a dark and stormy night.

Happy Immigrant Heritage Month! The Library is proud to be hosting a wide array of events throughout the month of June to celebrate.

Join us for a discussion on Bright Lines at one of our local libraries.

This week's story comes from Christine Richards, who like so many people, lost her job in the great recession. But after she stumbled she knew where to go, and has been visiting the Parkchester Library regularly to make use of its space, computers and resources. She was able to turn a negative into a positive and find a new job through her own determination and the library she used a home base during a tough time.

In Heinlein’s honor, we asked our NYPL librarians: What are some other books that speak to displacement—of being a stranger in a strange land?

One of the unique features of the Bronx is that is has a week dedicated to showcasing and celebrating all its wonderful attributes: history, literature, culture, etc. Here is a reading list which is sure to spark your interests in all things Bronx!

After having an excellent Hiring Recruitment and Screening event at the Bronx Library Center, we are now getting ready to have another one at the Parkchest Library on October 24th, 2013!

The Career, Education and Information Services division of the Bronx Library Center has partnered with the Bronx Workforce Career Center to host its first Retail Seasonal Hiring Recruitment and Screening Event.  

Spread the word and invite your friends, family, and neighbors. If you have any questionsRobyn Saunders don't hesitate to contact Career Coach 

Thanks to Lifetime Arts for securing funding and inviting our library system to participate, NYPL is once again able to offer free sustained art courses, taught by professional teaching artists, for adults age 55 and over. Seventeen branch libraries have received funding that enables them to host these classes, which will take place from February-November 2013, and which cover a wide variety of arts including: painting, sculpting, collage, memoir-writing/performance, drawing, and quilt-making.

Because of the great interest generated over the years, many of the 

Visit NYPL's BiblioCommons for these lists and many more. You can also create your own and share them with us in the comments! See below for some interesting staff picks from the past month, on topics both timely and timeless:

Nonfiction Job Hunting Resources Most Talked About Female Biographies