RRRevolution! Girl Style! Now!
by Emma Eriksson, Young Adult Librarian, Hunts Point Library
March 1, 2021
What’s a zine? And who are Riot Grrrls? Learn about NYPL's zine collection as well as books that will let you take a deep dive into zines, the Riot Grrrl movement and how they intersect.
DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room: Spotlight on the Collectibles collection
by Diane Serrano, Operations Manager, Periodicals Room, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
November 13, 2018
From pens to baseball cards to doorknobs(!), there's a collectible out there for just about everyone. Check out this selection of archived magazines dedicated to collectors of all kinds.
Free Online Magazines & Newspapers from The New York Public Library
by NYPL Staff
September 25, 2017
With a library card, NYPL offers you hundreds of magazines and newspapers online for free! See what's popular.
Gold Medal Magazines
by Meredith Mann, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
August 4, 2016
Opening ceremonies are a few days away, and so the eyes of the world are turning to Rio and the beginning of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. With dozens of events, some more obscure to American viewers than others, it might be time to read up on the ins and outs of these sports.
Before It Was Mrs. Dalloway... Novels That Came From Short Stories
by Meredith Mann, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
May 12, 2016
Mrs. Dalloway is not the only novel to begin its life as a short story. With the New York Public Library's extensive collection of online newspapers, magazines, and journals, you can read many of these published short stories at home and compare them to their later, expanded versions—all you need is your library card.
Edwin Miller Interviews for Seventeen Magazine in Archives and Manuscripts
by Valerie Wingfield, Archives Unit
May 2, 2016
Find celebrity Seventeen interviews from 1946-1988 in the Manuscripts and Archives Division at The New York Public Library.
Essential James Joyce Reads
by Tracy O'Neill
February 2, 2016
To read James Joyce is to encounter a radical idiom in service of indiscriminate observation.
Exhibit Checklist - Celebrating The Little Magazine in Contemporary America
by Karen Gisonny
November 24, 2015
View the exhibition checklist for Celebrating The Little Magazine in Contemporary America.
The Legacy of a Librarian: Carolyn Ulrich's Little Magazines
by Karen Gisonny
November 6, 2015
In 1947, Carolyn F. Ulrich, Chief of the Periodicals Division co-edited the book “The Little Magazine: A History and Bibliography”, which inspired the recent publication “The Little Magazine in Contemporary America.” Both are anthologies of original essays by literary magazine editors honoring their unique and significant role in our social, cultural and political life.
Zine Machine
by Jenny Baum, Supervising Adult Librarian, Jefferson Market Library
September 22, 2015
Imagine, if you will, a time when photocopiers had supplanted the lowly mimeograph machine. This technology gave way to the birth of the zine.
Essential David Lynch Reads
by Tracy O'Neill
July 6, 2015
That gum you like is going to come back in style... get ready with this collection of Lynchian longform journalism.
130 Years of Good Housekeeping Tips
by Tracy O'Neill
May 1, 2015
On May 2, 1885, the first issue of Good Housekeeping was published, and today it is one of the five surviving "Seven Sisters" of women's magazines. In some ways, the word "housekeeping" alone seems like an artifact, but you don't need to be a gourmet chef or interior decorating savant to enjoy these highlights from the last one hundred and thirty years of Good Housekeeping.
Essential Longform: The Best Harper Lee Reads
by Tracy O'Neill
April 28, 2015
We're looking at the beloved author who told us that real courage was “when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
Essential Longform: The Best Nirvana Reads
by Tracy O'Neill
March 30, 2015
As we await the documentary Montage of Heck, we're looking back at some of the best journalism written about Kurt Cobain and Nirvana.
Fashion, The High Life, and "The Duties of Married Females": 19th Century Fashion-Plate Magazines
by Doris Straus
September 25, 2014
The Art & Architecture Collection has a large collection of women’s (and some men’s) 19th century fashion-plate periodicals. While French fashion dominated the 19th century this post features a selection of magazines from England, America and Sweden.
The Boy from Kalamazoo
by Rebecca Federman, Managing Research Librarian, General Research Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
September 24, 2014
To honor Derek Jeter's tenure in the Bronx, I thought it would be nice to pull quotes from journalists who have covered Jeter's career, from Jeter's teammates, and from Jeter himself.
Judge a Magazine by Its Cover: "Good Hardware"
by Bogdan Horbal, Head of Technical Processing, Thomas Yoseloff Business Center at SNFL
September 24, 2014
This magazine did not deal with hardware in today’s meaning of this word. In the October 1921 issue there were articles on sporting goods, electrical goods, sewing machines, auto accessories, window displays, and general pieces on how to sell merchandise.
Fashion Advertising A Hundred Years Ago
by Bogdan Horbal, Head of Technical Processing, Thomas Yoseloff Business Center at SNFL
August 20, 2014
1914 was a very eventful year in the world, and in magazine advertising.
July is International Zine Month
by Karen Gisonny
July 18, 2014
It's International Zine Month (July 21 is Zine Library Day!) and they are everywhere...
Последние Поступления в Коллекцию Библиотеки : Книги и Журналы Для Отпуска
by Marianna Vertsman, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)
July 11, 2014
Книги и Журналы Для Отпуска 2014