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The New York Public Library's annual Halloween parade is going virtual! Share your best literary costume, or #BookLook, inspired by a favorite book, story, poem..., or author using the hashtag #NYPLHalloween to be included in the virtual parade. You may get a shout-out from everyone’s favorite fashion mentor, Tim Gunn! By using the #NYPLHalloween hashtag, you’re allowing the Library to reshare and use your photo. We can’t wait to see your costumes! http://on.nypl.org/Halloween-FB

To coincide with the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment today, the Library has released a list of Essential Reads on Feminism, which includes books for adu...lts, teens, and kids that explore the ongoing fight for gender equality. From first-hand accounts and histories of the suffrage movement to current essays on how feminism intersects with race, social class, education, and LGBTQ+ activism, this list conveys the boldness and complexity of women’s long-fought struggles for equality. Browse the list and find your next read today! https://on.nypl.org/feminism-fb See more

The newest episode of #TheLibrarianIsIn podcast is here! This week, Frank and Rhonda discuss the impactful and bestselling book Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, which appears on the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library's Black Liberation Reading List.

Upcoming book discussions: Join us! https://www.nypl.org/events/calendar?location=39

Short Story discussion next Tuesday at 2pm! Sign up: https://www.nypl.org//american-gothic-short-story-discussi

Now on The Librarian is In podcast: Rhonda and Frank discuss Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020//04/librarian-podcast-ep-165

Reading brings us together! NYPL's 125th Anniversary video: https://www.nypl.org//125th-anniversary-video-reading-brin

Happy birthday to our beloved Library lions, #PatienceAndFortitude! To celebrate, the lions have taken over the @NYPL Twitter account for the day and will be sh...aring a look back at their history since they began standing guard at our 42nd Street location. Do you have a past photo of Patience and Fortitude? Share it on social media using the #PatienceAndFortitude hashtagthey'd love to see all of their visitors again! Find more ways to celebrate their birthday: https://on.nypl.org/lions-fb See more

We miss you so much!

NYPL's Librarian is IN podcast: books, culture and what to read next! https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020//23/librarian-podcast-ep-162