NY Society Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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The most popular book at the Library in 2018 was...the most popular book in 2017. For the 2nd year in a row, A Gentleman in Moscow by @amortowles wins the top spot. The rest of the list: https://t.co/Mh1jHJFwpR #books #reading #libraries https://t.co/MSI0oQfJYR

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#Bookmail brightens a rainy day: Great NYC Fire @bencarp Kafka Diaries @rossmbenjamin I Saw Death Coming @KidadaEWilliams Colm Toibin essays Thomas Bernhard @seagullbooks Gary Indiana Rent Boy @McNallyEditions And Finally @DrHenryMarsh Mysteries from @tessawegert + more! https://t.co/5YIXZhlMx2

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A treasure from our #SpecialCollections: this rare edition of #WinnieThePooh was signed by both A.A. Milne and illustrator E.H. Shepard! (As you may know, our friends @NYPL currently have the original bear and friends on display at 42nd Street.) #OldBooks #RareBooks #Autographed https://t.co/W8nRhTJ6bp

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Our 2019 #NYCBookAwards winner Claire Jimenez (STATEN ISLAND STORIES) leads discussion of food and memory with four wonderful memoirs and participants' own stories, starting TOMORROW: https://t.co/9yaq1NHjHJ #Food #Books #Memoir #FoodMemoir #FoodWriting #Memory #Identity https://t.co/HmCIJliOFB

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A timely letter to #Juneteenth by Poet and Library member @Pardlo (2020, @lithub) "Any historical narrative that challenges the image of America as a nation that has always been devoted to fairness and equality gets spun as slander in the larger culture." https://t.co/Cws1ulhR9y https://t.co/jMkoCKOMdF

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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” ~Toni Morrison, Beloved https://buff.ly/2O3uRi7 Our current exhibition _ Black Literature Matters_ is open to the public - till May 1, 2022! #blackliteraturematters #exhibition #librarylife https://t.co/1VzQsBOceA

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Looking at today's #OscarNoms and just a few of the related #books - to start with the obvious, if you haven't read Frank Herbert's #Dune, this might be the year - https://buff.ly/3oytPtF #Fantasy #Classic #Movies #FilmAdaptation #Oscars #Oscars2022 https://t.co/8QVbZ3kUJf

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It's cold out. Stay in and watch one of our great presentations or conversations from the season just past (the photo is Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray discussing THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN): https://buff.ly/3pQpjYA #Books #Authors #NowStreaming https://t.co/cmq5BNCzBr

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April 4, 6:00 PM in the Members' Room: Daniel Mark Epstein on "Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay" -- with dramatic readings by actor Andrea Terrasa. open to the public | $15 per person | registration required https://t.co/ENVtcxtwo0 https://t.co/jTx55hn83c

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Next week on 6/8! @LizzieStark - in conversation with COUNTERFEIT author @kirstin_chen - presents EGG: A DOZEN OVATURES—"EGG is cheeky, playful, and deeply informative―in short, a complete delight." In-person or livestream, free of charge: https://t.co/mZnvjdSSJt https://t.co/w33VkmVJAH