The coronavirus has closed libraries in countries all around the world. Or rather, it’s closed physical libraries: each week of struggle against the epidemic that goes by, more resources for books open to the public on the internet. Continue Reading →
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The Telling Image: Shapes Of Changing Times From Harlem To Harare
How do humans make sense of the world? In answer to this timeless question, award winning documentary filmmaker, Lois Farfel Stark, takes the reader on a remarkable journey from tribal ceremonies in Liberia and the pyramids in Egypt, to the gravity-defying architecture of modern China. Continue Reading →
Harlem And Hacks, The Inside Story Of The Break-ins And Breakdowns By Donna Brazile
Hacks, from Donna Brazile, former DNC chair and legendary political operative, an explosive and revealing new look at the 2016 election: the first insider account of the Russian hacking of the DNC, the missteps by the Clinton campaign and Obama administration that enabled a Trump victory and a book dedication to “Harlem’s finest, my aunt Lucille.” Continue Reading →
Kim Fields Inks Memoir Of Life From Harlem To Hollywood For Hachette Books
Kim Fields, a star in front of the camera and behind it for nearly five decades, and a truly beloved pop icon, has signed up to write her memoir – Blessed Life – for Hachette Book Group USA. Continue Reading →
HW Pick: Black Deutschland, Darryl Pinckney And Zadie Smith
Darryl Pinckney and Zadie Smith talk about his new work of fiction, Black Deutschland, set in the 1980s, about a young gay black American who flees from his hometown of Chicago to the city of his fantasies: Berlin. Continue Reading →
My City Park Reading At A Harlem Near You
My City Park! a book and Lyrics by Brooke Boertzel and Melissa Gordon starring Diana Fox and Sophia Holtz. Continue Reading →
