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 ...
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 ...
Noel Rubinton: "Looking for a Story: A Complete Guide to the Writings of John McPhee" - A Library and Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)
Thursday 5/15 @ 7:00PM
Princeton Public Library
Noel Rubinton discusses his recently published book Looking for a Story: A Complete Guide to the Writings of John McPhee, an annotated guide to the wor ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Beth Lew-Williams in conversation with Anne Cheng: "John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life under American Racial Law"(Post)
Tues 9/16 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Beth Lew-Williams discusses her new book with Anne Cheng. John Doe Chinaman is a revelatory history of the laws that conditioned the everyday li ...
The Second Installment of "Writers on Writing" - A Labyrinth & Library Collaboration featuring Amy Jo Burns, Anica Mrose Rissi, John Vercher, and Alexandra Villasante(Post)
Thurs 7/30 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Join acclaimed authors Amy Jo Burns (Wait for Me), Anica Mrose Rissi (Girl Reflected in Knife), John Vercher (Devil Is Fine), and Alexandra ...
Summer Reading Soirée featuring Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie: Presented by Princeton Public Library(Post)
Wed 7/8 @ 6:30PMMorven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street
The authors discuss and sign copies of A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams at this annual gathering featuring refreshments, ...
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 ...
Twenty years of Harry Frankfurt’s "On Bullshit"(Post)
Thurs 10/30 @ 5:00PMPrinceton University Press, 41 William Street
With Jaime Fernández Fisac, Elizabeth Harman, and Gideon Rosen, moderated by Joe Schmid
The world has changed dramatical ...
Cynthia A. Kierner: "The Tory’s Wife: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America"(Post)
Thurs 6/4 @ 7:00PMRobertson Hall 100 (Arthur Lewis Auditorium), Princeton University
This event is presented by The Department of History’s Revolution Up Close: A Public Lecture Series.
The Sp ...
Shelley Frisch in conversation with Michael Wood: "Hannah Arendt: A Life of the Mind" – A Labyrinth & Library Collaboration(Post)
Wed 9/30 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Shelley Frisch is joined in conversation with Michael Wood about her translation of Thomas Meyer’s definitive, long-awaited, and revelatory ...
Anand Pandian in conversation with Elizabeth Anne Davis: "Something Between Us"(Post)
Tuesday 9/9 @ 6:00 PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Anand Pandian, anthropologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University, discusses his new book Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of Am ...
The Althea Ward Clark Reading Series: A Reading by Aracelis Girmay and Kaveh Akbar(Post)
Tues 11/11 @ 6:00Pm
Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
The Lewis Center’s Program in Creative Writing presents the annual Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series, which provid ...
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture 2025(Post)
Thursday 4/3 @ 7:00PM
Princeton Public Library, Community Room
Also streaming live on Youtube
RSVP to attend in person or online
Princeton Theological Seminary presents The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr ...
"Find Waldo Local" in Princeton July 1-30(Post)
Celebration Party July 1, 2026 at 4:00 - 6:00PM at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, Princeton
FIND WALDO LOCAL at participating businesses in downtown Princeton July 1 through July 31
Where&rsquo ...
Elaine Pagels in conversation with Eliza Griswold(Post)
Tuesday 4/8 @ 6:00pm
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
From a renowned National Book Award–winning scholar, an extraordinary new account of the life of Jesus that explores the mystery of h ...
The Althea Ward Clark Reading Series presents Didi Jackson and Major Jackson(Post)
Tues 2/17 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
The Lewis Center’s Program in Creative Writing presents the annual Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series, which provides an opportuni ...
What’s So Great About “The Great Gatsby”?(Post)
Monday 4/28 @ 4:30PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Free registration required. Register here.
Featuring The Great Gatsby scholars Maureen Corrigan, Anne Margaret Daniel, and Kirk Curnutt, a ...
