NYPL Blogs: Posts from Clason's Point Library /blog/library/17 en Ask the Author: Eric-Shabazz Larkin https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/05/01/ask-author-eric-shabazz-larkin Wanda Luzon, Clason's Point Library <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-right align-right inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20243726?lang=eng"><img alt="A Moose Boosh Cover" src="https://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?&amp;userID=NYPL49807&amp;password=CC68707&amp;Value=9780983661559&amp;content=M&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=M" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Don't miss <a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(Eric-Shabazz Larkin)">Eric-Shabazz Larkin</a> in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2015/05/05/kidslive-author-talk-eric-shabazz-larkin?nref=91110">KidsLIVE!</a> Author series. He will read from his new book <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20243726?lang=eng">A Moose Boosh</a></em> at the Classon’s Point Library on May 5. We asked the author a few questions to get to know him before the event, read his responses below.</p> <p><strong>When did you decide to become a writer?</strong></p> <p>I became a writer because my big brother was a writer first. He used to sneak me into sketchy open mic poetry clubs that I was too young for. They would unleash their poems like mystical cupid darts across the room and each word inspired love and passion and anger and laughter and other things I was too young for. I wanted that kind of power. So I started writing poems of my own.</p> <p><strong>Do you have a special time to write or how is your day structured?</strong></p> <p>I carry a book and pen in my back pocket at all times. When you live in NYC, the best time to write is when you’re among the craziness of the city. There is literally inspiration everywhere.</p> <p><strong>Why do you write?</strong></p> <p>I write to escape reality. My imagination world is far more interesting than the real world.</p> <p><strong>Where do your ideas come from?</strong></p> <p>I steal all my ideas from everyone. I’ve never written anything original. My ideas are all exaggerations of things I’ve already seen in my, oh so ordinary life.</p> <p><strong>Do you read much and if so who are your favorite authors?</strong></p> <p>I didn’t read much as a child, I started reading when I went to college. Someone told me that leaders are readers and I decided I wanted to be both. This is tragedy to me—a child who did not read. But the truth is, there are so many kids who have the same issue as I did. To me, kids books were boring and un-relatable. I suppose that is why it is so rewarding for me to try to breathe life back into them again.</p> <p><strong>Do you work out an outline or plot or do you prefer just to see where an idea takes you?</strong></p> <p>For me, everything starts with the idea. Once I get the big idea, it’s all about slowly peeling it like an onion, until we get to something interesting in the middle.</p> <p><strong>How long on average does it take you to write a book?</strong></p> <p>A book can be written in a few days. But perfecting the book takes forever.</p> <p><strong>What was the hardest thing about writing your latest book?</strong></p> <p>Timelines and deadlines are hard.</p> <p><strong>Where can you see yourself in 5 years’ time?</strong></p> <p>It’s a serious thing to ponder the future. I would contend it’s a spiritual act. No one knows what their future holds. The past and the future are figments of our imaginations. But if I were to dream, I would dream that In the future I’m making art and the world a better place.</p> <p><strong>What is your favorite motivational phrase?</strong></p> <p>Impossible is a big word thrown around by small men. —Muhammad Ali</p> https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/05/01/ask-author-eric-shabazz-larkin#comments Fri, 01 May 2015 11:14:03 -0400 A Bronx Week Reading List: May 8-18 https://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/05/08/bronx-week-reading-list Jean Harripersaud, Bronx Library Center <p>One of the unique features of the Bronx is that is has a week dedicated to showcasing and celebrating all its wonderful attributes: history, literature, culture, etc. The Borough President each year has the honor of designating when the 11-day week will occur. Bronx Week 2014 begins May 8 and concludes on May 18. At the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/bronx-library-center">Bronx Library Center</a>, we have a wonderful array of <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/12/calendar?keyword=&amp;type=&amp;topic=&amp;audience=4332%2B4333&amp;series=&amp;date_op=BETWEEN&amp;date1=05%2F08%2F2014&amp;date2=05%2F18%2F2014">programs</a> to highlight the Bronx. Additionally, here is a reading list which is sure to spark your interests in all things Bronx!</p> <h2>Music of the Bronx</h2> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" height="260" src="https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Hip-Hop.jpg" width="260" /></p> <p><em><a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19758762?lang=eng">American Hip-Hop: Rappers, DJs and Hard Beats</a></em> by Nathan Sacks</p> <p>Attend a <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2014/07/19/doo-wop-concert-ny-exceptions">music program</a> or see a <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2014/05/17/performance-mad-about-dance">dance performance</a>.</p> <h2>Sports in the Bronx</h2> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" height="346" src="https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Yogi.jpg" width="230" /></p> <p><em><a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(How the Garcia Girls lost their accents)">Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift</a></em> by Harvey Araton</p> <h2>The Bronx Zoo</h2> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" height="288" src="https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Devil.jpg" width="191" /></p> <p><em><a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(How the Garcia Girls lost their accents)">The Most Defiant Devil: William Temple Hornaday and His Controversial Crusade to Save American Wildlife</a></em></p> <h2>Bronx Biography</h2> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" height="283" src="https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Sonia.jpg" width="192" /></p> <p><em><a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(How the Garcia Girls lost their accents)">My Beloved World</a></em> by Sonia Sotomayer</p> <p>Learn about other women from the Bronx at this <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2014/05/14/women-technology">program</a>.</p> <h2>Bronx History</h2> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" height="277" src="https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Northern.jpg" width="193" /></p> <p><em><a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18189873?lang=eng">The Northern Borough</a></em> by Lloyd Ultan (Bronx - History)</p> <p>Meet the Author Lloyd Ultan at this <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2014/05/12/highlights-bronx-history-bronx-borough-historian-lloyd-ultan">program</a>.</p> <h2>Bronx Travels</h2> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" height="257" src="https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Orchard.jpg" width="208" /></p> <p><em><a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St:(How the Garcia Girls lost their accents)">Orchard Beach: the Bronx Riviera</a></em> by Wayne Lawrence</p> <h2>Bronx Lives</h2> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" height="290" src="https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Random.JPG" width="192" /></p> <p><em><a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17844288?lang=eng">Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx</a></em> by Adian Nicole LeBlanc</p> <h2>Bronx Education</h2> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" height="288" src="https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Aliens.jpg" width="192" /></p> <p><em><a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19954522?lang=eng">Why do only White People Get Abducted by Aliens: Teaching Lessons from the Bronx</a></em> by Llana Garon</p> <p>Learn more about education in the Bronx at this <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2014/05/08/have-questions-about-common-core">program</a>.</p> <h2>Bronx Fiction</h2> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" height="220" src="https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Verghese.jpg" width="148" /></p> <p><em><a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St:(How the Garcia Girls lost their accents)">Cutting for Stone</a></em> by A. Verghese</p> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" height="277" src="https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Garcia_0.jpg" width="184" /></p> <p><em><a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St:(How the Garcia Girls lost their accents)">How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents</a></em> by Julia Alvarez</p> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" height="324" src="https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Sewer_1.jpg" width="217" /></p> <p><em><a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19950877?lang=eng">The Last Sewer Ball</a></em> by Steven Schlindler</p> <p>Meet other authors, poets and publishers at the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2014/05/17/2nd-annual-bronx-literary-festival">Bronx Literary Festival</a>.</p> <p>Be a part of the "Bronx Memoir Project" and share your own Bronx Story in <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2014/05/08/clone-%E2%80%9Cbronx-memoir-project%E2%80%9D-creative-writing-workshop-patricia-o%E2%80%99hanlon">English</a> and <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2014/05/10/taller-de-escritura-creativa-para-%E2%80%9Cbronx-memoir-project%E2%80%9D-con-orlando">Spanish</a>.</p> <p>Read some interesting <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/07/22/made-in-the-bronx">facts about the Bronx</a>.</p> Book list https://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/05/08/bronx-week-reading-list#comments Thu, 08 May 2014 13:05:02 -0400 ReelAbilities Rules! The Disabilities Film Festival in New York City https://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/01/24/reelabilities-rules-disabilities-film-festival-new-york-city Brigid Cahalan <p><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/reelabilities_traveling_program_logo_0.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="273" height="60" /></span>If you haven't experienced, or perhaps even heard about, <a href="http://www.reelabilities.org/about-us" rel="nofollow">ReelAbilities</a><em>, </em>this may be the year to discover this unique festival, which is a film festival, but also <em>so much more</em>.</p> <!--break--> <p>Anita Altman of the UJA-Federation, who founded the festival in New York City in 2007, states its goal is to raise consciousness "about our common humanity and the value of each person, without regard to his or her ability or disability." This is the <a href="http://newyork.reelabilities.org/" rel="nofollow">fourth New York festival</a>, and an annual, national traveling ReelAbilities Festival has been launched in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Boston, with Chicago, Richmond, and Philadelphia scheduled later in the year. The films all relate to some aspect of disability, but they are chosen with care. They are decidedly <em>not </em>about the heroic overcoming of a disability, but rather are cutting-edge depictions of the lives and stories of people with varying abilities, told in ways that may be shocking, touching, disturbing, or poignant, but are <em>always</em> thought-provoking. Each film is someone's story — whether real or imagined.</p> <p><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/mwa_poster_v15_low.img_assist_custom_0.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-img_assist_custom" width="127" height="187" /></span>Dozens of venues in New York City's five boroughs, Long Island, and Westchester, will host films and related events during the week of February 9 through 14, 2012. The schedule lists the <a href="http://newyork.reelabilities.org/films" rel="nofollow">11 films and a selection of shorts</a>, and the <a href="http://newyork.reelabilities.org/events" rel="nofollow">art, dance, music, and speakers</a> that fill out the program. And something new has been added this year: <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/calendar?keyword=reelabilities&amp;location=&amp;type=4327&amp;topic=&amp;audience=&amp;date_op=BETWEEN&amp;date1=02%2F09%2F2012&amp;date2=02%2F14%2F2012"><em>Reading ReelAbilities</em></a>. Ten locations of The New York Public Library will be participating by including disability-themed books in their regular read-aloud session for children.</p> <p><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/oceanheaven.img_assist_custom_0.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-img_assist_custom" width="222" height="148" /></span>NYPL first participated in ReelAbilities in 2011, and the partnership has expanded this year. Festival selections include: <em><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/08/film-screening-ocean-heaven-jet-li?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">Ocean Heaven</a></em> (with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Li" rel="nofollow">Jet Li</a>) and <em><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/09/film-screening-defining-beauty-ms-wheelchair-america?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America</a></em> at the Bronx Library Center on opening day, February 9; <em><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/11/reelabilities-film-festival-presents-aphasia?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">Aphasia</a></em> at St. Agnes Library; <em><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/11/reelabilities-film-festival-presents-ocean-heaven?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">Ocean Heaven</a></em> at Chatham Square Library; <em><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/11/reelabilities-film-festival-presents-reel-encounters-2012?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">Reel Encounters</a></em> (short films) at Countee Cullen Library; and <em><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/13/films6pm-girlfriend-2010-94-mins?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">Girlfriend</a></em> at Jefferson Market Library. An exhibition of patient/resident artwork from Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Hospital on Roosevelt Island will be on display at <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/09/reelabilities-film-festival-presents-art-exhibit-coler-goldwater?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">Andrew Heiskell Braille &amp; Talking Book Library</a>. The 115th Street Library will also be exhibiting the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/09/reelabilities-film-festival-presents-art-exhibit-coler-goldwater-0?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">artwork from Coler-Goldwater patients/residents</a>, as well as featuring a show by <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/13/reelabilities-film-festival-presents-heidi-latsky-dance-gimp-project?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">Heidi Latsky Dance</a>, who will perform excerpts from Latsky's new piece, <em>Somewhere</em>, as part of the Gimp Project. </p> <p><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images_0_0.img_assist_custom_0.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-img_assist_custom" width="221" height="136" /></span>Mid-Manhattan Library is happily hosting several events. During festival week, <em><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/12/defining-beauty-ms-wheelchair-america?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America</a></em> will be screened (February 12), and Elaine Hall and Diane Isaacs will speak about <em><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/13/seven-keys-unlock-autism-making-miracles-classroom-elaine-hall-founder-mi?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">Seven Keys to Unlock Autism: Making Miracles in the Classroom</a></em> (February 13). As part of its regular Sunday afternoon film showings, Mid-Manhattan Library will show films from ReelAbilities Traveling Program on the remaining Sundays in February: <em><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/05/war-eagle-arkansas?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">War Eagle</a></em><em>, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/05/war-eagle-arkansas?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">Arkansas</a>;</em> <em><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/19/straight-line-la-ligne-droite-color-98-minutes-2011-directed-r%C3%A9gis-wargni?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">The Straight Line (La Ligne droite)</a>; </em>and <em><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/02/26/warrior-champions-color-80-minutes-2009-directed-craig-renaud-and-brent-r?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents">Warrior Champions</a></em>.</p> Disabilities and Accessibility https://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/01/24/reelabilities-rules-disabilities-film-festival-new-york-city#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:29:15 -0500
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