Tues 3/17 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street People have been telling and retelling stories about disasters for as long as they have been telling stories. One of the oldest of such stor ...
Elaine Sciolino in Conversation with Christy Wampole: "Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World’s Greatest Museum"(Post)Thursday 4/24 @ 6:00PM Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street In an era of rapid change, the role of museums and art has never been more vital in connecting the past to the present. Laurence des Ca ...
Durba Mitra & Chandra Talpade Mohanty in conversation, facilitated by Lorgia García Peña: "The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism"(Post)Thurs 3/26 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Durba Mitra's new book explores how Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imag ...
Daniel Heller-Roazen in conversation with Michael Wood: Far Calls: On Omens, Slips, & Epiphanies - A Labyrinth & Library Collaboration (Post)Tues 2/3 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Daniel Heller-Roazen discusses his new book Far Calls with Michael Wood. Far Calls: On Omens, Slips, & Epiphanies is an inquiry into the the ...
John Seabrook: "The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty" - A Library and Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)Monday 6/16 @ 7:00PM Princeton Public Library John Seabrook, staff writer at The New Yorker for more than 3 decades, discusses his recently released book The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an Ame ...
Susan Cheever in conversation with Eliza Griswold: "When All the Men Wore Hats: Susan Cheever on the Stories of John Cheever"(Post)Wed 3/4 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street When All the Men Wore Hats is a sympathetic and illuminating account of the stories of John Cheever, and the intersecting life and work of the lege ...
Eduardo Cadava and Sara Nadal-Melsio in conversation with Ruth Wilson Gilmore(Post)Thursday 3/6 at 6:00PM Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street How reading and writing are collective acts of political pedagogy, and why the struggle for change must begin at the level of the sen ...
2025 Prathia Hall Lecture: The Radical Roots of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and its Lessons for Today with Danielle McGuire(Post)Monday 4/21@ 5:00PM Theron Room, Wright Library, Princeton Theological Seminary >>RSVP to attend in person or online The Montgomery Bus Boycott is often reduced to a simple story of Rosa P ...
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 ...
Jane Hamilton in conversation with Laura Spence-Ash– A Library and Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)9/25 @ 6:00 PM Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Join us as we celebrate the release of The Phoebe Variations, the new novel from Jane Hamilton. The author will be in conversation with Laura ...
Laurie Woolever in Conversation with Daria Lavelle: A Princeton Public Library Book Brunch Event(Post)Sun 4/12 @ 11:00 AMPrinceton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street Noted food writer Laurie Woolever discusses Care and Feeding, her candid memoir of making her way through the culinary world wh ...
Tom Griffiths in conversation with Adam Elga: "The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind"--A Library & Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)Mon 3/9 @ 7:00PMPrinceton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street Tom Griffiths, head of Princeton’s AI Lab, discusses his new book The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of ...
Book Signing with Dave Eggers - Meet Dave and get a signed paperback copy of The Eyes & The Impossible(Post)Saturday 4/5 @ 10:00AM- 11:00AM Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street Join us for a meet & greet with Dave and get a signed paperback copy of Newbery Medal winner The Eyes & The Impossible.
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 ...
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 ...
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: ...
Priya Vulchi in conversation with Ruha Benjamin(Post)Monday 4/14 @ 7:00PM Princeton Public Library Priya Vulchi is joined in conversation by Ruha Benjamin to discuss her latest book, Good Friends: Bonds that Change Us and the World. Friendship is ...
CANCELED: A Reading by Zoë Schlanger at Princeton Theological Seminary's Farminary(Post)Please note this event has been canceled. Find out more about other Farminary events here. Zoë Schlanger, climate reporter for The Atlantic and author of The Light Eaters: ...
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 ...
Morten Høi Jensen in conversation with Florian Fuchs: "The Master of Contradictions: Thomas Mann and the Making of 'The Magic Mountain'" (Post)Thurs 10/23 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Join us for a discussion on the arresting story of how Thomas Mann wrote The Magic Mountain while a defeated Germany descended into politi ...