Events - August, 9, 2012

Yes, Chef with Marcus Samuelsson

"The pleasures of this memoir are numerous. Marcus Samuelsson's life, like his cooking, reflects splendidly multicultural influences and educations, and he writes about it all...

Books

Jennie Fields - Age Of Desire: A Novel

Science/Tech/Health

A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Illness - Nassir Ghaemi, MD

Historians have long puzzled over the apparent mental instability of great and terrible leaders alike: Napoleon, Lincoln, Churchill, Hitler and others. Nassir Ghaemi offers a myth-shattering...

Books

Dustin Thomason

In his fascinating new book 12.21, author Dustin Thomason, co-author of The Rule of Four, takes readers from the discoveries of modern science to the...

Film

An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

(Terence Nance, 2012, 93 min.) Directed, produced, and written by Nance, this debut film follows the relationship between Nance and a young woman, precariously balanced between...

Books

Josh Cohen with Jared Diamond

Digital dystopia meets everyday humiliation in Josh Cohen’s quartet of short stories, Four New Messages, a Borgesian collection of tales that mash together Internet porn, the...

History/NYC

Todd Maisel - The Modern Weegee - from Brooklyn to Iraq

Todd Maisel, an award-winning staff photographer of the New York Daily News, who has spent nearly 30 years shooting the streets of New York City...

Film

Making Room: Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Modern Poets: John Cage Day

Celebrate the centenary of legendary artist, composer, philosopher, and writer John Cage with a series of readings, performances, musical compositions, and personal reflections by poets,...

Books

Elizabeth Flock with Elinor Lipman

Escape from the August heat and relax in the Rare Book Room while bestselling author Elizabeth Flock discusses her new haunting novel, What Happened to My...