Please join us for our next READ 718 Reads! with New York Times bestselling author Robert Jones, Jr. to discuss his novel, The Prophets. The event will take place in Park Slope. Location details will be sent to your email upon ticket purchase. All guests must be vaccinated against Covid-19. We encourage you to test on the day of the...
Brooklyn’s own Mahogany L. Browne, a prolific writer and avid advocate for public art, is Lincoln Center’s inaugural poet-in-residence. Browne has written works of fiction, stage plays and critical essays, edited six anthologies, and authored another half-dozen poetry collections. For her Seen, Sound, Scribe series, Browne curates thought-provoking and often politically driven evenings of spoken word,...
Few books have inspired, moved, and changed readers more than Toni Morrison’s Beloved. Few books have also been more challenged by those who would seek to censor and ban works of art. To honor its creator—a Library Lion and Lifetime Trustee—an all-star lineup of writers, actors, and thinkers will return to Morrison’s indelible work with readings,...
