The Cullman Center Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Next Wednesday, February 2nd, past @CullmanNYPL Fellows @estherlallen and Andres Barba will discuss Allen's new translation of Antonio Di Benedetto's The Silentiary @NYRB_Imprints @nyrbclassics at @CommunityBkstr (if you liked Zama, this is for you!): https://t.co/3vuCEpa6sb

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How Langston Hughes Brought His Radical Vision to the Novel - an excellent essay by Past @CullmanNYPL Fellow @angelaflournoy, adapted from her intro to the @PenguinClassics edition of “Not Without Laughter,” by Langston Hughes, out this month https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/books/review/angela-flournoy-langston-hughes-not-without-laughter.html

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We're looking forward to this! Tomorrow, Thursday May 12 at 6PM, @nypl_lpa will be hosting past @CullmanNYPL Fellow Lynn Garafola in conversation with current Fellow @JuliaFoulkes1 about Garafola's new book LA NIJINSKA. Learn more and register here: https://t.co/SOLpf4VnHx

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What's the secret behind a Gilded Age success story? Join past @CullmanNYPL Fellow Hernan Diaz TONIGHT as he discusses his novel, TRUST, with former Cullman Center Director and J.P. Morgan biographer Jean Strouse at 6PM @nypl: https://t.co/4fcGJyp0pZ @riverheadbooks @NYPLEvents

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Not to miss: Friday 4/16, past @CullmanNYPL Fellow Carys Davies, will discuss her most recent novel THE MISSION HOUSE with @CaoilinnHughes at 1PM ET @BookvillExiles: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conversations-with-caoilinn-carys-davies-and-caoilinn-hughes-tickets-150090256999

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Watch Georgi Gospodinov discuss Time Shelter with Valentina Izmirlieva at the Cullman Center: https://t.co/A0qzblCSJU

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A thread to celebrate past @CullmanNYPL Fellow @hah2117's new book, INVENTING THE IT GIRL: How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Romance and Conquered Early Hollywood 💃 First, listen to Hallett discuss how Glyn was the original influencer @TheAmScho: https://theamericanscholar.org/the-original-influencer/

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Listen to @NewBooksNetwork discuss past Cullman Fellow Vona Groarke's new book Hereafter: https://t.co/kv5GCdqZOz

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"What can be salvaged when one of the consequences of colonialism is the deliberate exclusion of an African perspective from the archives?" Current @CullmanNYPL Fellow @MaazaMengiste reviewed #NobelPrize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah's AFTERLIVES last year: https://t.co/qNEpoahm4n

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We'll head into the weekend with one last rec for #WomensHistoryMonth, WHAT SHE ATE: SIX REMARKABLE WOMEN AND THE FOOD THAT TELLS THEIR STORIES by past @CullmanNYPL Fellow Laura Shapiro: https://t.co/OkQY1PSyc3 https://t.co/15xvOiDj4s