Michael Dirda, the Washington Post book critic and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, asks: “How is it that this small island has produced so […]

Frances Gendlin, a writer who served on the board of trustees of the Library  a few years ago, has been living more recently in Mexico – […]

A note to our youth librarian, Helen Géhin, from Library member Brita Long: “I want to thank you again for organizing Kathryn Lasky’s visit the other […]

Alice Kaplan’s memoir of her embrace of the French language, “French Lessons,” is a beloved classic. She has continued to write books of history that explore […]