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 Parksā d
Morten HĆøi 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 wroteĀ The Magic Mountain while a defeated Germany descended into political ch
The Althea Ward Clark Reading Series presents Didi Jackson and Major Jackson(Post)Tues 2/17 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street The Lewis Centerās Program in Creative Writing presents the annual Althea Ward Clark Wā21 Reading Series, which provides an opportunity for studen
Elaine Sciolino in Conversation with Christy Wampole: "Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the Worldās Greatest Museum"(Post)Ā 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 Cars, th
Hanna Garth in conversation with Bonnetta Adeeb & Ruha Benjamin: "Food Justice Undone: Lessons for Building a Better Movement"(Post)Wed 3/18 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Food justice activists have worked to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities of color across the United States. Yet despite thei
Vicky Osterweil in conversation with Bill Gleason: "The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World"(Post)Wed 9/9 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Join Vicky Osterweil in conversation with Bill Gleason around her new bookĀ The Extended Universe, a provocative history of Disneyās rise to cul
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 asĀ celebrated author, critic, classicist, and translatorĀ Daniel Mendelsohn discusses his new translation ofĀ The Odyssey.Ā Widely kn
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
Steven Weitzman in conversation with Leora Batnitzky: "Disasters of Biblical Proportions: The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and at the End of the World"(Post)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 stori
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
Radha Lin Chaddah in Conversation with Amy Jo Burns: A Princeton Public Library Book Brunch Event(Post)Sun 2/8 @ 11:00AMThe Princeton Public Library The author presents and discusses her novel And the Ancestors Sing. Doors open at 10:45 a.m. for coffee & pastries. B
A Library and Labyrinth Collaboration: Lawrence Ingrassia in conversation with Arnold Levine(Post)Wednesday 3/12 at 7:00pm Princeton Public Library 65 Witherspoon Street Ā Lawrence Ingrassia is joined by Arnold Levine to discuss his memoir A Fatal Inheritance How a Family Misfortune Revealed
Owen Zidar in conversation with Alan Blinder: "The Everywhere Millionaire: Who Is Really Rich in America and How They Got There" - A Labyrinth & Library Collaboration(Post)Wed 9/16 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Join us for a discussion between Owen Zidar and Alan Blinder. The Everywhere Millionaire is Zidarās groundbreaking new portrait, co-authored with E
Eduardo Cadava and Sara Nadal-Melsio in conversation with Ruth Wilson Gilmore(Post)Thursday 3/6 at 6:00PM Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street Ā How reading and writing are collective acts of political pedagogy, and why the struggle for change must begin at the level of the sentence.
Twenty years of Harry Frankfurtās "On Bullshit"(Post)Thurs 10/30 @ 5:00PMPrinceton University Press, 41 William Street With Jaime FernĆ”ndez Fisac, Elizabeth Harman, and Gideon Rosen, moderated by Joe Schmid The world has changed dramatically over
Whatās So Great About āThe Great Gatsbyā?(Post)Monday 4/28 @ 4:30PM Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street Free registration required. Register here.Ā Featuring The Great Gatsby scholars Maureen Corrigan, Anne Margaret Daniel, and Kirk Curnutt, and mod
DATE CHANGE: Ed Park in conversation with Yiyun Li: "Three Tenses: A Transmission from the Nineties"(Post)Thurs 9/17 @ 6:00PM--PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGELabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Ed Park discusses his new book with Yiyun Li. Three Tenses is an elegant, iridescent mosaic of autobiographical fragment
āThe Third Reich of Dreamsā: A roundtable on Charlotte Beradtās study of the dreaming of political fables in Nazi Germany(Post)Weds 4/22 @ 4:30 PMBetts Auditorium, Architecture Building, Princeton University A roundtable onĀ The Third Reich of Dreams, Charlotte Beradt's 1966 study of the dreaming of political fables in Nazi G
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 g
āMany Minds, Many Stripesā: A Princeton Graduate Alumni Author Roundtable(Post)Thurs 10/9 @ 1:30PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Join a lively conversation with Princeton University graduate alumni authors Jasmin Darznik, Eszter Hargittai, Peter Lighte, and Xita Rubert as t