NYPL Blogs

Discover the unsung heroes of abolitionism and American freedom in an online exhibition curated by NYPL’s Schomburg Center.

A new resource for families to enjoy this summer.

The Young Lions Fiction award winner shares his reading recommendations.

Frank and Rhonda discuss this impactful book which appears on the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List.

No matter your plans, here are some books that scream summer vacation.

All of these poetry collections are also available as digital e-books.

From London to Brooklyn, immigrating from Haiti or Nigeria, the authors featured on this list explore what it means to have two homes and what the experience of moving from one country to another does for the protagonists of these stories.

These books, many available as e-books, explore the Caribbean American experience and introduce younger readers to notable Caribbean Americans.

Don't want to get totally caught up in a book and then have to put it down? Try a short story!

White Studio was the preeminent industry photographer of commercial theatre in the first two decades of the 20th century. NYPL has over 2,000 of its images in our collection available online.

Don't feel sheepish if someone asks what books you're reading this summer—there's more to reading than just books!

Books celebrating beautiful people, identities, and ideas.

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Though our art display case at the Harry Belafonte 115th Street library has been temporarily closed to the public, we musn't forget to celebrate art...so we are doing so with a virtual edition.

Rhonda and Frank chat with children's librarian Ellen MacInnis to discuss the TRANSform NYPL project and pass along recommendations from the Trans and Gender Non Conforming book list.

Whether you love to cook or approach it from a more utilitarian perspective, it's a wonderful skill (and art) to share with and pass on to a child.

We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

N. Kymmel was a bookstore, a publishing house, and an antiquarian book dealer based in Riga (Russian Empire, later Latvia). The NYPL started purchasing books from it soon after establishing the Slavonic Division in 1899.

Besides having an enjoyable way to pass the time, being a good reader helps children do well in school, and opens up worlds of knowledge.