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 the
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
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
Nick Paumgarten: "The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game"(Post)Wed 12/16 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Nick Paumgarten discusses The Intangibles, a memoir of his consuming lifelong obsession with a game — hockey — its tribe, and its unreasonable dem
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,
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
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
Andrew Martin in conversation with Lynn Steger Strong: "Down Time: A Novel"(Post)Tues 4/7 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Andrew Martin discusses his new novel with Lynn Steger Strong. Down Time is a terribly funny and lovably louche novel about five friends growing
Matthew Quick in conversation with Amy Jo Burns: A Library & Labyrinth Collaboration -- "Dad, Love, Me: A Memoir"(Post)Tues 7/21 @ 6:00PMThe Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street Matthew Quick, bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook, discusses his recently published memoir Dad, Love, Me with Am
The Fund for Irish Studies presents Fintan O’Toole & Sam McBride: "For and Against a United Ireland"(Post)Fri 3/20 @ 4:30PMJames Stewart Film Theatre, 185 Nassau Street Co-authors Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride debate the points in their recent book, For and Against a United Ireland, as the annual Robe
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
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 sentence.
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 dramatically over
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
"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
"Writers on Writing: Endings" - A Labyrinth & Library Collaboration(Post)Thurs 11/12 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Join acclaimed authors Amy Jo Burns (Wait for Me), Caitlin Mullen (Heather), Anica Mrose Rissi (Girl Reflected in Knife), and Nisha Sharma (
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’s B
A Labyrinth and Library Collaboration: "Writers on Writing: Beginnings" featuring Amy Jo Burns, Anna-Marie McLemore, Dexter Palmer, & Anica Mrose Rissi(Post)Thurs 5/28 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street Join acclaimed authors Amy Jo Burns (Wait for Me), Anna-Marie McLemore (We Could Be Anyone), Dexter Palmer (Version Control), and Anica Mros
Tom Toro in Conversation with Patrick McDonnell - A Princeton Public Library Book Brunch Event(Post)Sun 12/7 @ 11:00 AMPrinceton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon The author presents and discusses his collection And to Think We Started as a Book Club... Doors open at 10:45 a.m. for coffee & pastries.
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