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NYPL's World Literature Festival

Celebrate the languages of NYC's diverse communities—plus, discover free NYPL events and resources in world languages, available all year long! 

Spotlight

  • Celebrate Arab American Heritage at NYPL

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What's On

  • Author Talks & Conversations

  • Exhibitions

  • Kids & Teens

  • Other Events

  • Ross Perlin with Suketu Mehta: Language City

    Thurs, Apr 18 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    2 side-by-side headshots: Ross Perlin, Suketu Mehta

  • Stephen Kotkin: Six Futures of Russia—Why We Need History (and Libraries)

    Wed, Apr 24 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    LIVE from NYPL logo, Stephen Kotkin headshot

  • Emily Wilson: Reading The Iliad ft. Ben Shenkman & Morgan Spector

    Tues, Apr 30 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Emily Wilson headshot, book cover of The Iliad

  • The Schomburg Center's Black Comic Book Festival

    Apr 26–27

    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

    SchomCom art features an illustrator drawing comic book characters.

  • Ross Perlin with Suketu Mehta: Language City

    Thurs, Apr 18 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    2 side-by-side headshots: Ross Perlin, Suketu Mehta

  • Stephen Kotkin: Six Futures of Russia—Why We Need History (and Libraries)

    Wed, Apr 24 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    LIVE from NYPL logo, Stephen Kotkin headshot

  • Emily Wilson: Reading The Iliad ft. Ben Shenkman & Morgan Spector

    Tues, Apr 30 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Emily Wilson headshot, book cover of The Iliad
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Staff Picks

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In the Collection

  • Dearborn

    Ghassan Zeineddine

    AdultFiction
    Dearborn: Stories

  • The Spy and I

    Tiana Smith

    AdultFiction
    The Spy and I

  • Theophanies

    Sarah Ghazal Ali

    AdultPoetry
    Theophanies: Poems

  • A Gardener at the End of the World

    Margot Anne Kelley

    AdultNon-Fiction
    a gardener at the end of the world

  • Off-White

    Astrid Roemer

    AdultFiction
    off-white

  • Thirst

    Marina Yuszcuk

    AdultFiction
    thirst

  • The Word Detective

    J.A. Simpson

    AdultNon-Fiction
    the word detective

  • He Should Have Told the Bees

    Amanda Cox

    AdultFiction
    he should have told the bees

From Our Blog

  • Our Favorite Poetry Books of 2024, So Far...

    Fifteen superb new poetry collections for Poetry Month. 

     


     

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  • 25 Books About Libraries and Library Workers

    Are libraries your happy place? Check out one of these library-themed reads.

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