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
An outstanding array—52 pieces in all—of selected fiction from the multiple-award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, introduced with a foreword by Booker Prize–winning author...
The beloved teacher and author of the million-and-a-half copy bestseller Writing Down the Bones reveals a new method of writing in “a priceless distillation of her accumulated wisdom and experience...
The debate surrounding the transformation of work at the hands of digital technology and the anxieties brought forth by automation, the sharing economy, and the exploitation of leisure We have been...
A classic work on the joy of experiencing architecture, with a new afterword reflecting on architecture’s place in the contemporary moment“Architecture begins to matter,” writes Paul Goldberger,...
How should Jews respond to an age of militant Zionism and resurgent anti-Semitism? Is insisting on a separate sense of identity anachronistic and dangerous, or is it the only way of preserving the...
The all-time best-selling writer's handbook turns 30. With insight, humor, and practicality, Natalie Goldberg inspires writers and would-be writers to take the leap into writing skillfully and...
Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrainedWe use words and phrases creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language constructions in new ways...
Two preeminent legal scholars explain what tort law is all about and why it matters, and describe their own view of tort’s philosophical basis: civil recourse theory.Tort law is badly misunderstood...
The idea that the inspired poet stands apart from the marketplace is considered central to British Romanticism. However, Romantic authors were deeply concerned with how their occupation might be...
For readers of What an Owl Knows and The World Without Us, this infectiously impassioned tour of the five New York City boroughs offers city dwellers and bird lovers everywhere a surprising,...
A stray dog leads to major change for Cordy and her grieving family in this heartwarming new novel by the beloved author of Counting by 7s.“It’s impossible to read a book by Holly Goldberg Sloan...
“A clear and accurate history of . . . a continuous development of enormous consequence to the most adventurous twentieth-century art."—Robert RosenblumThis pioneering book has now been expanded with...
Racial Subjects heralds the next wave of writing about race and moves discussions about race forward as few other books recently have. Arguing that racism is best understood as exclusionary relations...
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death comes a new perspective on one of the most compelling icons of our timeIn early 1991, music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a...
A concise and authoritative introduction to one of the central theories of modern physicsFor a theory as genuinely elegant as the Standard Model—the current framework describing elementary particles...
From the beloved writing teacher behind Writing Down the Bones comes a treasury of personal stories reflecting a life filled with journeys—inner and outer—zigzagging around the world and home again...
First published in 1979, this updated edition of the pioneering study in the World of Art series surveys a full century of performance, from the Futurist manifesto of 1909 through the second decade...
“A feast for serious fiction readers.” ―Wendy Smith, The Washington Post“A dead-serious, dead-funny, no-he-didn't marvel.” ―Joshua Cohen, author of The NetanyahusA thrilling, witty, and slyly...
A powerful memoir from Natalie Goldberg—the woman who changed the way writing is taught in this country—sharing her experience with cancer grounded in her practice of writing and Zen Let the Whole...
A searing portrait of a mother's grief and strength in the wake of unthinkable tragedy. Once upon a time, I was meandering down the road of life with my husband, Jon. It was a regular and beige life,...