Evenings with an Author

Writer-in-Residence Stacy Schiff joins us at the Library for a conversation about biographical writing.

Ahead of the upcoming Jeux Olympiques in Paris this summer, climate advocate and sports researcher Madeleine Orr joins us to discuss the effects of climate change on the sporting world.

As we approach the 80th anniversary of D-Day, join Linda Hervieux and Raymond Kemp as they discuss the more than one million African American men and women who served in uniform during World War II.

The Library is delighted to welcome esteemed poets Catherine Barnett and Maureen McLane.

Join a special roundtable discussion of female creativity in interwar Paris, with experts on Joesphine Baker, Janet Flanner, Anaïs Nin, and more.

Who, really, was Shakespeare? Why do so many theories circulate about his identity? What happens when we challenge the widely-accepted image of the Bard?

Joanna Biggs and Lauren Oyler consider why we read who we read, what we owe to the literary past, and how to write for the future.

Artist Cornelius Tulloch and poet Christian Campbell explore diaspora through identity, environment, and artistic expression.

Join Visiting Fellow Adam Shatz and writer Jake Lamar in mapping out jazz's transatlantic journeys from the 20th century to today.