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HISTORIC GREENPOINT WALKING TOUR with Geoffrey Cobb

Sep

HISTORY-POLITICS, LIFESTYLE

HISTORIC GREENPOINT WALKING TOUR with Geoffrey Cobb

Sunday, September 14, 2025
2:00 PM 3:00 PM
Word Bookstore (map)
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Victoria Noe (UNSTOPPABLE: Straight Women on the AIDS Frontlines) launch with Krishna Stone

Sep

HISTORY-POLITICS, LIFESTYLE

Victoria Noe (UNSTOPPABLE: Straight Women on the AIDS Frontlines) launch with Krishna Stone

Sunday, September 14, 2025
3:00 PM 4:30 PM
Bureau of General Services–Queer Division (map)
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Charlie Wells (WHAT HAPPENED TO MILLENNIALS: In Defense of a Generation) launch

Sep

LIFESTYLE, HISTORY-POLITICS

Charlie Wells (WHAT HAPPENED TO MILLENNIALS: In Defense of a Generation) launch

Monday, September 15, 2025
6:00 PM 8:00 PM
Rizzoli Bookstore (map)
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Joe Manchin (DEAD CENTER: In Defense of Common Sense) launch with Gayle King

Sep

MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY-POLITICS

Joe Manchin (DEAD CENTER: In Defense of Common Sense) launch with Gayle King

Monday, September 15, 2025
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
92NY (map)
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Claire Zimmerman (ALBERT KHAN INC.: Architecture, Labor, and Industry, 1905–1961)

Sep

LIFESTYLE, HISTORY-POLITICS

Claire Zimmerman (ALBERT KHAN INC.: Architecture, Labor, and Industry, 1905–1961)

Tuesday, September 16, 2025
6:00 PM 7:00 PM
The Skyscraper Museum (map)
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Tiffany E. Barber (UNDESIRABILITY AND HER SISTERS: Black Women's Visual Work and the Ethics of Representation) with Alexandria Smith

Sep

FASHION-ART, HISTORY-POLITICS

Tiffany E. Barber (UNDESIRABILITY AND HER SISTERS: Black Women's Visual Work and the Ethics of Representation) with Alexandria Smith

Wednesday, September 17, 2025
7:00 PM 8:30 PM
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Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman (THE DOUBLE TAX: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid) launch with Chelsea Clinton

Sep

HISTORY-POLITICS, LIFESTYLE

Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman (THE DOUBLE TAX: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid) launch with Chelsea Clinton

Wednesday, September 17, 2025
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
92NY (map)
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DIVERSITY, DEMOCRACY, AND NYC SCHOOLS panel feat. Alexandra Freidus (UNEQUAL LESSONS) and Ryane McAuliffe Straus (DIVIDED BY CHOICE) with Mike Elsen-Rooney

Sep

HISTORY-POLITICS, MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY

DIVERSITY, DEMOCRACY, AND NYC SCHOOLS panel feat. Alexandra Freidus (UNEQUAL LESSONS) and Ryane McAuliffe Straus (DIVIDED BY CHOICE) with Mike Elsen-Rooney

Thursday, September 18, 2025
6:30 PM 8:00 PM
Lofty Pigeon Books (map)
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Fatemeh Jamalpour (FOR THE SUN AFTER LONG NIGHTS: The Story of Iran's Women-Led Uprising) with Anastasia Tsioulcas

Sep

HISTORY-POLITICS, MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY

Fatemeh Jamalpour (FOR THE SUN AFTER LONG NIGHTS: The Story of Iran's Women-Led Uprising) with Anastasia Tsioulcas

Saturday, September 20, 2025
2:00 PM 3:00 PM
Recirculation (map)
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Dhoruba Bin Wahad & Kalonji Jama Changa's (REVOLUTION IN THESE TIMES)

Sep

HISTORY-POLITICS, MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY

Dhoruba Bin Wahad & Kalonji Jama Changa's (REVOLUTION IN THESE TIMES)

Saturday, September 20, 2025
4:00 PM 5:30 PM
Word Up Community Bookshop (map)
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OUR MOVEMENT IS ONLY AS STRONG AS OUR PEOPLE panel feat. Nikole Hannah-Jones, Masha Gessen, Dr. Carmen Rojas, and Paola Ramos

Sep

HISTORY-POLITICS, MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY

OUR MOVEMENT IS ONLY AS STRONG AS OUR PEOPLE panel feat. Nikole Hannah-Jones, Masha Gessen, Dr. Carmen Rojas, and Paola Ramos

Monday, September 22, 2025
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
Symphony Space (map)
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Mark Mazower (ON ANTISEMITISM: A Word in History) with Laura Engelstein

Sep

HISTORY-POLITICS

Mark Mazower (ON ANTISEMITISM: A Word in History) with Laura Engelstein

Thursday, September 25, 2025
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
Book Culture - 112th (map)
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Philippe Descola (FORMS OF THE VISIBLE) with Elizabeth A. Povinelli

Sep

LIFESTYLE, HISTORY-POLITICS

Philippe Descola (FORMS OF THE VISIBLE) with Elizabeth A. Povinelli

Friday, September 26, 2025
5:00 PM 7:00 PM
Albertine Books (map)
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Lenore Skomal (LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S DAUGHTER: The Remarkable True Story Of American Heroine Ida Lewis)

Sep

MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY-POLITICS

Lenore Skomal (LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S DAUGHTER: The Remarkable True Story Of American Heroine Ida Lewis)

Friday, September 26, 2025
6:30 PM 7:30 PM
Everything Goes Book Cafe (map)
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Alexandra Horowitz (INSIDE OF A DOG: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know) and Christine Webb (THE ARROGANT APE: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters)

Sep

LIFESTYLE, HISTORY-POLITICS

Alexandra Horowitz (INSIDE OF A DOG: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know) and Christine Webb (THE ARROGANT APE: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters)

Monday, September 29, 2025
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
Book Culture - 112th (map)
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Rebecca Kelliher (JUST PILLS: The Extraordinary Story of a Revolution in Abortion Care) launch

Sep

HISTORY-POLITICS, LIFESTYLE

Rebecca Kelliher (JUST PILLS: The Extraordinary Story of a Revolution in Abortion Care) launch

Tuesday, September 30, 2025
6:00 PM 7:30 PM
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Laurie Gwen Shapiro (THE AVIATOR AND THE SHOWMAN: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon) with Patrick Radden Keefe

Sep

MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY-POLITICS

Laurie Gwen Shapiro (THE AVIATOR AND THE SHOWMAN: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon) with Patrick Radden Keefe

Tuesday, September 30, 2025
6:30 PM 7:30 PM
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Editor Edward Mendelson (MRS. DALLOWAY by Virginia Woolf)

Sep

LITERATURE, HISTORY-POLITICS

Editor Edward Mendelson (MRS. DALLOWAY by Virginia Woolf)

Tuesday, September 30, 2025
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
Community Bookstore (map)
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Leanna Renee Hieber & Andrea Janes (AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction) with Leila Taylor

Sep

LITERATURE, HISTORY-POLITICS

Leanna Renee Hieber & Andrea Janes (AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction) with Leila Taylor

Tuesday, September 30, 2025
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
Astoria Bookshop (map)
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David Mulkins (THE BOWERY) with musical guest Ramona Baker

Sep

LIFESTYLE, HISTORY-POLITICS

David Mulkins (THE BOWERY) with musical guest Ramona Baker

Thursday, September 11, 2025
6:00 PM 7:15 PM
NYPL - Tompkins Square Library (map)
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Wright Thompson (THE BARN: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi) launch with Alexandra Schwartz

Sep

MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY-POLITICS

Wright Thompson (THE BARN: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi) launch with Alexandra Schwartz

Wednesday, September 10, 2025
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
92NY (map)
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Thomas Chatterton Williams (SUMMER OF OUR DISCONTENT: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse) with Jonathan Haidt

Sep

HISTORY-POLITICS, LIFESTYLE

Thomas Chatterton Williams (SUMMER OF OUR DISCONTENT: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse) with Jonathan Haidt

Tuesday, September 9, 2025
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
92NY (map)
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Simon(e) van Saarloos (AGAINST AGEISM: A QUEER MANIFESTO) and Avgi Saketopoulou (SEXUALITY BEYOND CONSENT: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia)

Sep

LIFESTYLE, HISTORY-POLITICS

Simon(e) van Saarloos (AGAINST AGEISM: A QUEER MANIFESTO) and Avgi Saketopoulou (SEXUALITY BEYOND CONSENT: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia)

Tuesday, September 9, 2025
7:00 PM 9:00 PM
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Nora Wendl (ALMOST NOTHING: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth) with Paul Lisicky and Olga Touloumi

Sep

MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY-POLITICS

Nora Wendl (ALMOST NOTHING: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth) with Paul Lisicky and Olga Touloumi

Saturday, September 6, 2025
3:00 PM 5:00 PM
Head Hi (map)
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Brooke M. Haney (A HISTORY OF INTIMACY PROFESSIONALS IN ENTERTAINMENT) with Nicole Callender, Teniece Divya Johnson, and Olivia Troy

Sep

LIFESTYLE, HISTORY-POLITICS

Brooke M. Haney (A HISTORY OF INTIMACY PROFESSIONALS IN ENTERTAINMENT) with Nicole Callender, Teniece Divya Johnson, and Olivia Troy

Friday, September 5, 2025
7:00 PM 8:30 PM
Bureau of General Services–Queer Division (map)
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Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky (MAKING THE PRESIDENCY: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic)

Sep

MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY-POLITICS

Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky (MAKING THE PRESIDENCY: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic)

Wednesday, September 3, 2025
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
Bryant Park btwn. 40th & 42nd Street and 5th & 6th Ave (map)
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Osita Nwanevu (THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE) with Alex Shepard

Sep

HISTORY-POLITICS

Osita Nwanevu (THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE) with Alex Shepard

Wednesday, September 3, 2025
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
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Stephanie Azzarone & Robert F. Rodriguez (FABULOUS FOUNTAINS OF NEW YORK) launch with Maria Lisella

Sep

LIFESTYLE, HISTORY-POLITICS

Stephanie Azzarone & Robert F. Rodriguez (FABULOUS FOUNTAINS OF NEW YORK) launch with Maria Lisella

Wednesday, September 3, 2025
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
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Christine Webb (THE ARROGANT APE: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters) launch with Jeff Sebo

Sep

HISTORY-POLITICS, LIFESTYLE

Christine Webb (THE ARROGANT APE: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters) launch with Jeff Sebo

Wednesday, September 3, 2025
6:30 PM 8:00 PM
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Eden Collinsworth (THE IMPROBABLE VICTORIA WOODHULL: Suffrage, Free Love, and the First Woman to Run for President) launch

Sep

MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY-POLITICS

Eden Collinsworth (THE IMPROBABLE VICTORIA WOODHULL: Suffrage, Free Love, and the First Woman to Run for President) launch

Tuesday, September 2, 2025
6:00 PM 7:30 PM
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Peter Brannen (THE STORY OF CO2 IS THE STORY OF EVERYTHING: How Carbon Dioxide Made Our World) launch

Aug

LIFESTYLE, HISTORY-POLITICS

Peter Brannen (THE STORY OF CO2 IS THE STORY OF EVERYTHING: How Carbon Dioxide Made Our World) launch

Thursday, August 28, 2025
7:00 PM 9:00 PM
Powerhouse - Arena (map)
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Chris DeVille (SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion) launch with Jason Lipshutz

Aug

CULTURE-CELEBRITY, HISTORY-POLITICS

Chris DeVille (SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion) launch with Jason Lipshutz

Monday, August 25, 2025
7:00 PM 9:00 PM
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Joy James (CONFRONTING COUNTERINSURGENCY: Cop Cities and Democracy's Terrors) with Steff Reed

Aug

HISTORY-POLITICS

Joy James (CONFRONTING COUNTERINSURGENCY: Cop Cities and Democracy's Terrors) with Steff Reed

Friday, August 22, 2025
7:00 PM 8:30 PM
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E.M. Ippolito (THE TEARS OF OTHER PEOPLE: A History and Memoir of Displacement in Portsmouth New Hampshire) launch

Aug

MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY-POLITICS

E.M. Ippolito (THE TEARS OF OTHER PEOPLE: A History and Memoir of Displacement in Portsmouth New Hampshire) launch

Friday, August 22, 2025
7:00 PM 9:00 PM
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Ian Rosenberg & illustrator Mike Cavallaro (FREE SPEECH HANDBOOK: A Practical Framework for Understanding Our Free Speech Protections) paperback launch with David Scott

Aug

HISTORY-POLITICS, COMIC

Ian Rosenberg & illustrator Mike Cavallaro (FREE SPEECH HANDBOOK: A Practical Framework for Understanding Our Free Speech Protections) paperback launch with David Scott

Tuesday, August 19, 2025
8:00 PM 9:00 PM
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Lonnae O'Neal (BIBB COUNTRY) with Nikita Stewart

Aug

MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY-POLITICS

Lonnae O'Neal (BIBB COUNTRY) with Nikita Stewart

Tuesday, August 19, 2025
7:00 PM 8:30 PM
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Dr. Melody Glenn (MOTHER OF METHADONE) with Maia Szalavitz

Aug

LIFESTYLE, HISTORY-POLITICS

Dr. Melody Glenn (MOTHER OF METHADONE) with Maia Szalavitz

Tuesday, August 19, 2025
6:30 PM 8:00 PM
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WHO IS AN EX-WIFE? with Iva Dixit and Joumana Khatib

Aug

LITERATURE, HISTORY-POLITICS

WHO IS AN EX-WIFE? with Iva Dixit and Joumana Khatib

Thursday, August 14, 2025
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
McNally Jackson - Seaport (map)
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Jonathan Mahler (THE GODS OF NEW YORK: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990) with Ginia Bellafante

Aug

HISTORY-POLITICS

Jonathan Mahler (THE GODS OF NEW YORK: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990) with Ginia Bellafante

Tuesday, August 12, 2025
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Greenlight Bookstore (map)
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Alexandra Freidus (UNEQUAL LESSONS: School Diversity and Educational Inequality in New York City) with Max Freedman

Aug

LIFESTYLE, HISTORY-POLITICS

Alexandra Freidus (UNEQUAL LESSONS: School Diversity and Educational Inequality in New York City) with Max Freedman

Wednesday, August 6, 2025
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
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Andrew Laties (YOU’RE TELLING MY KIDS THEY CAN’T READ THIS BOOK?) with Sandy Jimenez

Aug

MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY-POLITICS

Andrew Laties (YOU’RE TELLING MY KIDS THEY CAN’T READ THIS BOOK?) with Sandy Jimenez

Wednesday, August 6, 2025
7:00 PM 8:30 PM
Word Up Community Bookshop (map)
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Alexis Okeowo (BLESSINGS AND DISASTERS) with Naomi Fry

Aug

MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY-POLITICS

Alexis Okeowo (BLESSINGS AND DISASTERS) with Naomi Fry

Wednesday, August 6, 2025
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
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Jack Z. Bratich (ON MICROFASCISM: Gender, War, and Death) reading group

Aug

HISTORY-POLITICS

Jack Z. Bratich (ON MICROFASCISM: Gender, War, and Death) reading group

Wednesday, August 6, 2025
7:00 PM 8:30 PM
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Scott Anderson (KINGS OF KINGS: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation) launch

Aug

HISTORY-POLITICS, MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY

Scott Anderson (KINGS OF KINGS: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation) launch

Tuesday, August 5, 2025
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
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NATURE WALK with Ryan Mandelbaum (WILD NYC: Experience the Amazing Nature in and around New York City) and Chelsea Beck

Aug

LIFESTYLE, HISTORY-POLITICS

NATURE WALK with Ryan Mandelbaum (WILD NYC: Experience the Amazing Nature in and around New York City) and Chelsea Beck

Sunday, August 3, 2025
11:00 AM 1:00 PM
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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (THEORY OF WATER: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead) with Mahdi Sabbagh

Jul

MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY-POLITICS

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (THEORY OF WATER: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead) with Mahdi Sabbagh

Saturday, July 26, 2025
6:00 PM 8:00 PM
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Sarah Stein Lubrano (DON’T TALK ABOUT POLITICS: How to Change 21st-Century Minds) with Calvin Kalsuke

Jul

HISTORY-POLITICS

Sarah Stein Lubrano (DON’T TALK ABOUT POLITICS: How to Change 21st-Century Minds) with Calvin Kalsuke

Tuesday, July 22, 2025
6:00 PM 7:30 PM
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Laura Poppick (STRATA: Stories from Deep Time) with Sarah Laskow

Jul

LIFESTYLE, HISTORY-POLITICS

Laura Poppick (STRATA: Stories from Deep Time) with Sarah Laskow

Monday, July 21, 2025
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
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Translator Alex Fang (SIX RECORDS OF A FLOATING LIFE by Shen Fu) with Isaac Stone Fish

Jul

MEMOIR-BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY-POLITICS

Translator Alex Fang (SIX RECORDS OF A FLOATING LIFE by Shen Fu) with Isaac Stone Fish

Thursday, July 17, 2025
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
Book Culture - 112th (map)
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