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 Brooks bring
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 betw
DATE CHANGE: Paul North in conversation with Wendy Brown: Marx’s Capital: Critique of Political Economy(Post)
Thurs 4/1 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
PLEASE NOTE THIS DATE CHANGE TO APRIL 1, 2027.
Paul North is joined in conversation with Wendy Brown. Princeton University Press’s new edition of
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 work
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 Amer
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 legen
"Writers on Writing: "Middles" - 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 Villa
Shatema Threadcraft in conversation with Wendy Brown: "The Labors of Resurrection: Black Women, Necromancy, and Morrisonian Democracy"(Post)
Thurs 11/20 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Black death and Black grief are among the most important forces in contemporary American politics. As Shatema Threadcraft argues in The Labors o
Dorothy A. Brown in conversation with Brandon McKoy: "Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different America Requires a Reckoning with Our Past"(Post)
Thurs 4/9 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street
Join us as Dorothy A. Brown discusses her new book with Brandon McKoy. Getting to Reparations is a bold manifesto arguing that there is a cle
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 liv
The Lewis Center for the Arts presesnts Sondheim’s Afterlives Symposium(Post)
Thurs 11/5 1:00-6:00PMWallace TheaterOpen to the publicFree Tickets Required: Register here
An artistic, scholarly, and personal celebration of composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, one of the most
The Lewis Center for the Arts presents The C. K. Williams Reading Series: A Reading by Jamel Brinkley and Senior Thesis Students(Post)
Tues 10/27 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Multi-award-winning writer Jamel Brinkley, winner of the Maya Angelou Book Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and O. Henry Prize and finalist for th
Fund for Irish Studies: Conversation with Yiyun Li — Music Against the Night(Post)
Fri 10/30 4:30-6:00PMLocation Taplin Auditorium, Fine HallFree Tickets Required - register here
Yiyun Li, Pulitzer Prize winner and Princeton Professor of Creative Writing, launches her new novel, Mu
America, U.S.A. by Eddie S. Glaude Jr: Signed copies available now(Post)
Signed copies of America, U.S.A. are available exclusively with Labyrinth Books. Order your copy of the signed edition here or visit us to place an order with a bookseller.
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Peniel Joseph In Conversation with Laurence Ralph: "Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America's Civil Rights Revolution" – A Library and Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)
9/11 @ 6:00 PM
Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
In Freedom Season, acclaimed historian Peniel Joseph offers a stirring narrative history of 1963, marking it as the defining year of the Black
Eddie Glaude Jr. in conversation with Naomi Murakawa: "America, U.S.A: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries" - A Labyrinth & Library Collaboration(Post)
Tues 9/15 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Join us as Eddie Glaude Jr., New York Times-bestselling author of Begin Again, discusses his latest book with Naomi Murakawa. America, U.S.A. is a
The Princeton Public Library's Book Brunch featuring Chad Harbach -- A Library & Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)
10/25 @ 11:00AM
Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street
Bestselling author Chad Harbach is joined by Matthew Thomas to discuss his recently released novel The Brightness. Doors
The Fund for Irish Studies presents Irish Biochemist and Immunologist Luke O’Neill(Post)
Fri 9/18 @ 4:30PM @ 7:00PMJames Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Street
Renowned Irish biochemist and immunologist at Trinity College Dublin, Luke O’Neill will offer a talk about his work to kick o
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 Titan
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, and mod
