Tania Lombrozo in conversation with Elizabeth Margulis: "Why We Ask Why: The Science of Explanation and the Human Drive to Understand"(Post)
Wed 10/7 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Tania Lombrozo discusses her new book with Elizabeth Margulis. Why We Ask Why is an insightful look at the science of explanation, using psyc ...
Princeton Public Lectures present Gabriel Zucman: “Wealth, Power, and Democracy”(Post)
Tues 4/15 @ 5:00PMMcCosh Hall Room 50, Princeton University
The rise of extreme wealth has been a defining feature of the U.S. and global economy over the past 15 years. Addressing this challenge re ...
Daniel Mendelsohn in conversation with Yelena Baraz - A New Translation of The Odyssey(Post)
Thursday 4/17 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Join us as celebrated author, critic, classicist, and translator Daniel Mendelsohn discusses his new translation of The Od ...
Agustín Fuentes in conversation with Catherine Clune-Taylor(Post)
Thursday 5/8 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Being human entails an astonishingly complex interplay of biology and culture, and while there are important differences between women and men ...
Elizabeth Margulis in conversation with Tania Lombrozo: "Transported: The Everyday Magic of Musical Daydreams"(Post)
5/19/26 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Join us as acclaimed music cognition researcher Elizabeth Margulis discusses her new book with Tania Lombrozo. Transported explores the phe ...
Allison Carruth in conversation with Eliza Griswold Novel Ecologies: Nature Remade and the Illusions of Tech(Post)
Tuesday 3/4 at 6:00pm
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Tracing the convergence of ecology and engineering over the last three decades, Novel Ecologies pinpoints a new environmental p ...
D. Vance Smith in conversation with Simon Gikandi: "Atlas’s Bones: The African Foundations of Europe" – A Library & Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)
Thurs 2/5 @ 6:00PMPrinceton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street
Registration requested here
D. Vance Smith, joined in conversation with Simon Gikandi, presents his new book Atlas&rs ...
Roy Scranton in conversation with Andrew Cole: "Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress"(Post)
Thurs 9/18 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Roy Scranton discusses his new book Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress with Andrew Cole
Extreme heat, fires, floods, and storms ...
Michael Steven Wilson in conversation with José Antonio Lucero: "What Side Are You On? A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders"(Post)
Tuesday 4/22 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Renowned human rights activist Michael "Mike" Wilson has borne witness to the profound human costs of poverty, racism, border policing, an ...
Kory Stamper "True Color"–A Library & Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)
Weds 4/8 @ 6:30PMPrinceton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street
The author is joined by Princeton Public Library’s humanities specialist Cliff Robinson to discuss her new book True Color: ...
"Articulate” Book Talk with Rachel Kolb(Post)
Fri 11/7 @ 4:30PM219 Aaron Burr Hall, Princeton University
Join us for a book talk and signing by deaf writer and educator Rachel Kolb, who grew up between signing and speaking worlds as part of th ...
Edward Tenner: "Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge: Essays in Unintended Consequences," A Library and Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)
Wednesday 6/4 @ 7:00pm
Princeton Public Library
Essays by international bestselling author Edward Tenner that explore the surprises of human ingenuity
How did the addition of lifeboats after the Tita ...
Robert G. Parkinson: "Tyrants and Rogues: Understanding the Declaration of Independence"(Post)
Tues 6/30 @ 7:00PMRobertson Hall 100 (Arthur Lewis Auditorium), Princeton University
A dramatic, untold “people’s history” of the storied event that helped trigger the American Rev ...
Bob Crawford in Conversation with Sean Wilentz: "America’s Founding Son: John Quincy Adams, from President to Political Maverick"(Post)
Sat 3/14 @ 4:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Doors open at 3:30PM.
Registration required.Click here to register.
Join the New Jersey Council for the Humanities for a special conversation bet ...
Anny Gaul in conversation with Hanna Garth: "Nile Nightshade: An Egyptian Culinary History of the Tomato"(Post)
Wed 3/18 @ 12:00PM219 Aaron Burr Hall, Princeton University
By the end of the twentieth century, the tomato, indigenous to the Americas, had become Egypt's top horticultural crop and a staple of Egy ...
Maria Pinto: "Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival"(Post)
Thurs 2/19 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street
Maria Pinto’s debut book is a beautiful examination of nature and human connection.
Naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto off ...
The Princeton Public Library presents “A Revolutionary Take on Cocktails & History” with author Brooke Barbier(Post)
Fri 7/31 @ 5:00PMYankee Doodle Tap Room & Ballroom, 10 Palmer Square East
A happy hour featuring craft cocktails and ciders from Ironbound Farm sets the stage for Brooke Barbier's presentation o ...
Peter Brooks in conversation with Anne Cheng: "Henry James Comes Home" - Library Live at Labyrinth(Post)
Tues 11/4 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
In this enthralling re-creation of American novelist Henry James’ famous ten-month trip around the United States, lauded critic Peter Brook ...
Ece Temelkuran in Conversation with Razia Iqbal(Post)
Wednesday 4/2 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Join us in the store for a conversation between Ece Temelkuran and Razia Iqbal. Ece will join us via Zoom and Razia will join us in pers ...
Annette Gordon-Reed: "The Jefferson Paradox: Race, Slavery, and the Promise of America”(Post)
Sun 4/26 @ 3:00PM
Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed, joined by Eddie Glaude, discusses her book "Jefferson on Race," exami ...
