Evenings with an Author

Celebrated author Adam Levin discusses latest novel Mount Chicago: a sweeping, whacky, whimsical disaster epic of the present day.

The Library is honored to welcome renowned legal scholar and feminist advocate Catharine A. MacKinnon, in conversation with philosopher Kate Kirkpatrick.

Celebrated French author Marie Darrieussecq joins us at the Library to discuss her new book, Sleepless–a literary, philosophical, and scientific meditation on sleep and wakefulness.

International bestseller Barbara Kingsolver joins us at the Library to discuss her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Demon Copperhead.

Seasoned translators Tess Lewis and Daniel Levin Becker will face off at the Library for a Valentine’s evening of multilingual competition.

Join two of the UK’s most celebrated debut authors, Vanessa Onwuemezi and Thea Lenarduzzi, as they delve into interplays of language, heritage, and writing.

In an unparalleled and personal history of Berlin, writer and art critic Kirsty Bell considers the layered process of making, unmaking, and remaking lives, homes, and urban spaces.

In the presence of Jim Dine, Hugo Pernet, Ghazal Mosadeq, and others, discover Journal: a new, multilingual magazine stressing the urgency of poetry in conversation.

Essayist and critic Brian Dillon joins us at the Library to share his love of language.