NYPL Blogs: Posts from Riverdale Library /blog/library/61 en KidsLIVE! Interview with Jerry Craft http://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/10/15/kids-live-interview Lynn Lobash, Manager of Reader Services <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20158904?lang=eng"><img alt="The Offenders Cover" src="https://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?&amp;userID=NYPL49807&amp;password=CC68707&amp;Value=0979613272&amp;content=M&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=M" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Jerry Craft, author and illustrator of <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20158904?lang=eng" target="_blank">The Offenders: Saving the World While Serving Detention</a><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20158904?lang=eng"> </a> </em>as well as the illustrator of Patrik Henry Bass's <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20243547?lang=eng" target="_blank">The Zero Degree Zombie Zone</a><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(The Zero Degree Zombie Zone)"> </a>is coming to KidsLIVE! <span>October 22nd</span> at the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/riverdale">Riverdale Library</a>. We were lucky enough to ask him a few questions from topics such as his favorite book to surviving zombie apocalypses! </p> <p><strong>What were your favorite books when you were younger?</strong></p> <div> <div>I actually was not a reader when I was a kid. In fact, I was an adult when I started to read books for enjoyment. When I was younger, I loved <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(marvel comics)">Marvel Comics,</a> but that was about it. Unfortunately, most of my teachers thought that comics would rot our brains, so they would take them from us every chance they got. I also never had a book that I really bonded with until I read <em><a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SGreat%20Expectations__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Great Expectations</a> </em>in high school (Fieldston, in Riverdale). Up until then, the books I  had to read in school always seemed like work. And I NEVER identified with any of the stories or characters.</div> <div> </div> <div><strong>Do you have any authors and/or cartoonists who have inspired you?</strong></div> <div> </div> <div>Well because of my first answer, I'll bet you can guess that there are way more cartoonists than authors. I've had the pleasure of meeting many of my inspirations, <a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SCharles%20Schulz__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Charles Schulz</a> (<em>Peanuts)</em>, <a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SLynn%20Johnston__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Lynn Johnston</a> (<em>For Better or for Worse</em>), Bud Blake (<em>Tiger</em>), <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa:(Turner, Morrie)">Morrie Turner</a> (<em>Wee Pals</em>) and Jim Keefe (Flash Gordon).</div> <div> </div> <div><strong>Where do you get your ideas?</strong></div> <div> </div> <div>I've always gotten my ideas by just doing things. I would never be one of those people who locks themselves in a cabin in the woods. I like to see people. Especially kids, who ALWAYS inspire me. That's why I love doing school and library visits.</div> <div> </div> <div><strong>Were you ever bullied when you were in elementary school?</strong></div> <div> </div> <div>No, I was fortunate. Especially since I was only about two-feet tall up until the time I was a senior in high school. Then I grew about six inches in college. But I hear so many teachers talk about it when I do school visits. That's why I decided to write, <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20158904?lang=eng">The Offenders: Saving the World While Serving Detention!</a> </em>It's about five middle-grade bullies who get super powers, but instead of looking "heroic" they end up looking like the kids that they pick on. I really wanted to turn the tables and show kids what it's like to be picked on.</div> <div> </div> <div><strong>If aliens were actually attacking, which super power would you want to have?</strong></div> <div> </div> <div>Oooh, good question. I think I'd want to fly, but I also think I'd get sick. So unless part of my power was throwing up, I might have to pass on that. Super speed like The Flash would be cool. Or some type of invisibility. That would probably cut down on the whole throwing up thing. But whatever I did, I'd love to be able to shoot some type of laser from my eyes. That would be cool!</div> <div> </div> <div><strong>You illustrated the book <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(The Zero Degree Zombie Zone)"><em>The Zero Degree Zombie Zone </em></a>for Scholastic, so, do you think you could survive a zombie apocalypse? </strong></div> <div> </div> <div>I could definitely survive the slow-walking zombie apocalypse, like on <a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SThe%20Walking%20Dead__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Walking Dead.</em></a> But I'm not so sure about the <a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SWorld%20War%20Z%20__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>World War Z </em></a>and <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St:(I Am Legend)">I Am Legend</a> </em>zombies. Those things are really fast. I think I could still do it, but I'd just have to make sure that I hung out with a group of people who couldn't run as fast as me.</div> <div> </div> <div><strong>Do you prefer drawing or writing?</strong></div> <div> </div> <div>Wow, that's tough! I have always LOVED to draw!!! I still can't sit still for long periods without picking up a pencil or marker, which is ALWAYS in my pocket. But I had a LOT of fun writing <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20158904?lang=eng"><em>The Offenders</em></a>. Especially since my two sons helped. But I also drew a lot for the book, too. It even has a flipbook at the bottom. So if I HAD to choose, maybe I'd give a slight edge to drawing since I've done it longer.</div> <div> </div> <div><strong>What is the last good book you read? Is there anything you are looking forward to checking out?</strong></div> <div> </div> <div>Well, I'm working on a graphic novel now, so I've been reading a ton of them lately. <a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18438874__SSmile%2C__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Smile</em>,</a> <em>Drama</em>, <a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SAmerican%20Born%20Chinese%2C__Orightresult__U?lang=eng"><em>American Born Chinese</em>,</a> <a href="http://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SStitches__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Stitches</em></a>, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(El Deafo)"><em>El Deafo</em></a>…So you'll probably catch me in that section.</div> <div> </div> <div><strong>What are you working on next?</strong></div> <div> </div> <div>I am in the drawing stages of a 220-page graphic novel that is loosely based on my experience at Fieldston as well as my two sons' experiences at their schools. The story is written, and all the pages are sketched out. So now I'm about to start doing the finished art. My deadline is April 2016, and it is slated to be published by Andrews McMeel in early 2017!<br />  </div> </div> Children's Literature http://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/10/15/kids-live-interview#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:38:14 -0400 A Bronx Week Reading List: May 8-18 http://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 http://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/05/08/bronx-week-reading-list#comments Thu, 08 May 2014 13:05:02 -0400 Learn to Express Yourself Through Art: Free Courses for Midlife and Older Adults http://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/01/31/express-yourself-through-art-free-courses Brigid Cahalan <p><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/creative_aging_mp_0.inline vertical.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="225" height="300" /></span>Thanks to Lifetime Arts for securing funding and inviting our library system to participate, NYPL is once again able to offer free sustained art courses, taught by professional teaching artists, for adults age 55 and over. Seventeen branch libraries have received funding that enables them to host these classes, which will take place from February-November 2013, and which cover a wide variety of arts including: painting, sculpting, collage, memoir-writing/performance, drawing, and quilt-making.</p> <!--break--> <p>Because of the great interest generated over the years, many of the libraries will be entering names of those who pre-register in a lottery to ensure an opportunity for all to partake. Participants are expected to attend all sessions. Contact the libraries directly for more information on how to register.</p> <p><a href="/locations/columbus" rel="nofollow">Columbus Library</a>: <em>Collage for Your Soul</em>, begins February 2<br /><a href="/locations/mid-manhattan-library" rel="nofollow">Mid-Manhattan Library</a>: <em>The Art of Making Poems: Creation and Craft</em>, begins February 12<br /><a href="/locations/st-george-library-center" rel="nofollow">St. George Library Center</a>: <em>Drawing from Life’s Journey</em>, begins March 1<br /><a href="/locations/roosevelt-island" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/creative_aging_gc.inline vertical.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="300" height="223" /></span>Roosevelt Island Library</a>: <em>Experiencing the Joy of Color</em>, begins March 1<br /><a href="/locations/jefferson-market" rel="nofollow">Jefferson Market Library</a>: <em>Drawing People in Places</em>, begins March 8<br /><a href="/locations/mulberry-street" rel="nofollow">Mulberry Street Library</a>: <em>Drawing from Observation</em>, begins March 16<br /><a href="/locations/countee-cullen" rel="nofollow">Countee Cullen Library</a>: <em>Creating Artist’s Books</em>, begins April 2<br /><a href="/locations/kingsbridge" rel="nofollow">Kingsbridge Library</a>: <em>Writing Through Memory: Memoir and Storytelling</em>, begins April 3<br /><a href="/locations/bronx-library-center" rel="nofollow">Bronx Library Center</a>: <em>The Colors of the Water</em>, begins April 4<br /><a href="/locations/kips-bay" rel="nofollow">Kips Bay Library</a>: <em>Quilt-Making with Karen Fitzgerald</em>, begins April 4<br /><a href="/locations/riverdale" rel="nofollow">Riverdale Library</a><span>: </span><em>Exploration in Portraiture</em><span>, begins April 8 </span><br /><a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/st-agnes">St. Agnes Library</a>: <em>Using Writing and Drama to Share Your Personal Story</em>, begins April 8<br /><a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/inwood">Inwood Library</a>: <em>Voz de la Guitarra</em>, begins May 3<br /><a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/67th-street">67th Street Library</a>: <em>Captured by Color</em>, begins June 3<br /><a href="/locations/parkchester" rel="nofollow">Parkchester Library</a>: <em>Sculpture 101</em>, begins June 3<br /><a href="/locations/spuyten-duyvil" rel="nofollow">Spuyten Duyvil Library</a>: <em>Book Making,</em> begins September 11 <br /><br />  </p> <p><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/creative_aging_picture_0.inline vertical.gif" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="300" height="225" /></span><em>These Lifetime Arts programs are supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Westchester Library System, AARP Foundation, American Library Association, New York State Council on the Arts, and the Helen Andrus Benedict Foundation.</em></p> Older people http://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/01/31/express-yourself-through-art-free-courses#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:03:32 -0500 A List of Lists: April 2012 http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/04/18/list-lists-april-2012 Lauren Lampasone, Digital Experience <p>Visit <a href="http://nypl.bibliocommons.com/" rel="nofollow">NYPL's BiblioCommons</a> for these lists and many more. You can also create your own and share them with us in the comments! See below for some interesting staff picks from the past month, on topics both timely and timeless:</p> <!--break--> <p>April is <a href="http://www.nypl.org/voices/blogs/blog-channels/poetry-month">Poetry Month</a>, and April 26 is <a href="http://www.poets.org/pocket" rel="nofollow">Poem in Your Pocket Day</a>. Don't be caught unprepared; NYPL staff can help you find the perfect poem.<span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/jacket-3.img_assist_custom_0.png" alt="" title="" class="image image image-img_assist_custom" width="540" height="259" /></span></p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_high_bridge/106524189">High Bridge Poetry</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_mulberry_street/105929461">Poems For Your Pocket</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_schomburg_center/106074961">Tracy K. Smith</a> (recent <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/04/16/find-2012-pulitzer-prize-winners-nypl">Pulitzer Prize winner</a>)</li> </ul><p>Blog posts with lists you may have missed:</p> <p><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/jacket-1_0.img_assist_custom_0.png" alt="" title="" class="image image image-img_assist_custom" width="538" height="195" /></span></p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_mid_manhattan/106600123">The Annotated X-Men</a> (by <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/04/03/x-men-top-ten">Ryan Donovan</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_seward_park/107164462">Remembering the Titanic, a Book List for Teens</a> (by <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/04/11/my-heart-will-go-stories-rms-titanic">Anne Rouyer</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_childrens_center/106665198">Lost &amp; Found at the Children's Center at 42nd Street</a> (by <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/04/04/lost-found-childrens-center">Louise Lareau</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_childrens_center/107644271">Children's Center Picks: Tornados</a> (by <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/04/18/tornado-bottle">Sue Yee</a>)</li> </ul><p>More listy goodness for:</p> <p><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/set3.img_assist_custom_0.png" alt="" title="" class="image image image-img_assist_custom" width="540" height="130" /></span></p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_ottendorfer/106952359">Nora</a> <a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_ottendorfer/106951843">Roberts</a> <a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_ottendorfer/106946379">fans</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_sedgwick/106072181">Resume writers</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_van_nest/106070014">Musical tots</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_seward_park/106701547">Aspiring cowboys and girls</a><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_seward_park/106509803"><br /></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_riverdale/105668962">Dog lovers</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_seward_park/106509803">Artists with a computer for a canvas</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/nypl_morris_park/106071714">Golden Age cinéastes</a></li> </ul><p>Thanks to the listmakers!<br /><a href="/locations/high-bridge" rel="nofollow">High Bridge</a>, <a href="/locations/mulberry-street" rel="nofollow">Mulberry Street</a>, <a href="/locations/schomburg" rel="nofollow">Schomburg Center</a>, <a href="/locations/mid-manhattan-library" rel="nofollow">Mid-Manhattan</a>, <a href="/locations/seward-park" rel="nofollow">Seward Park</a>, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/childrens-center-42nd-street">Children's Center at 42nd Street</a>, <a href="/locations/ottendorfer" rel="nofollow">Ottendorfer</a>, <a href="/locations/sedgwick" rel="nofollow">Sedgwick</a>, <a href="/locations/van-nest" rel="nofollow">Van Nest</a>, <a href="/locations/riverdale" rel="nofollow">Riverdale</a>, <a href="/locations/morris-park" rel="nofollow">Morris Park</a><br />  </p> Books and Libraries http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/04/18/list-lists-april-2012#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:23:07 -0400 Reader's Den October Book Discussion: Wrapping Up Joe Sacco's "Palestine" http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/10/27/readers-den-october-book-discussion-wrapping-joe-saccos-palestine Lynda Perez, Riverdale Library <p>I hope you enjoyed reading <a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search/Ypalestine joe sacco"><em>Palestine</em></a>, by Joe Sacco. If you didn’t have a chance to read the book and participate, please feel free to post your thoughts at a later time. The discussion will remain online in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/node/90256">Reader’s Den</a>.</p> <!--break--> <ul><li><a href="/blog/2010/10/04/readers-den-october-book-discussion-joe-saccos-palestine" rel="nofollow">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/2010/10/12/readers-den-october-book-discussion-about-author-joe-sacco" rel="nofollow">About the Author, Joe Sacco</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/2010/10/19/readers-den-october-book-discussion-questions-about-joe-saccos-palestine" rel="nofollow">Questions for Discussion<br /></a></li> </ul><p>Also by Joe Sacco:</p> <p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/footnotesgaza.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-_original" width="540" height="243" /></span></p> <ul><li><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search/Ysacco footnotes gaza"><em>Footnotes in Gaza</em></a></li> <li><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search/Yfixer joe sacco"><em>The Fixer</em></a></li> <li><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search/Ywar end joe sacco"><em>War's End</em></a></li> </ul> Comics and Graphic Novels http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/10/27/readers-den-october-book-discussion-wrapping-joe-saccos-palestine#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:35:59 -0400 Reader's Den October Book Discussion: About the Author, Joe Sacco http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/10/12/readers-den-october-book-discussion-about-author-joe-sacco Lynda Perez, Riverdale Library <p><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/sacco.png" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="126" height="102" /></span><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/asacco,%20joe/asacco+joe/1%2C2%2C17%2CB/exact&amp;FF=asacco+joe&amp;1%2C16%2C">Joe Sacco</a> is a <a href="http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/searchResults/actionWin?failOverType=&amp;query=ACID%2014922383%20OR%2014922382&amp;prodId=BIC1&amp;windowstate=normal&amp;display-query=ACID%20Sacco%2C%20Joe&amp;mode=view&amp;limiter=&amp;totalSearchResultCount=47&amp;displayGroups=&amp;action=e&amp;catId=&amp;activityType=BasicSearch&amp;scanId=CSH&amp;userGroupName=nypl&amp;jsid=b3700347bda8827ce825d79a30440e9d" rel="nofollow">Maltese-American cartoonist and writer</a>. He has written several comic books and comic book collections. The author was born in Malta in 1960. When he was one, his family left Malta and moved to Australia. In 1972, Sacco and his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles, California. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Oregon in 1981 and shortly after, he began working as a journalist. Unsatisfied with a career in journalism, two years later, the author moved to Malta to focus on his cartooning.</p> <!--break--> <p><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search/Ypalestine%20sacco"><em>Palestine</em></a> was first published in 1993 as a collection of nine stories. The author was nominated for the comic book industry’s esteemed <a href="http://www.harveyawards.org/" rel="nofollow">Harvey Award for Best New Series</a> in 1994 and won the <a href="http://www.bookweb.org/btw/awards/The-American-Book-Awards---Before-Columbus-Foundation.html" rel="nofollow">American Book Award</a> in 1996. The single volume edition of <em>Palestine</em> was published in 2001. <em> Palestine</em> has been well-received by critics. His most recent publication is <a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search/Yfootnotes%20gaza%20sacco"><em>Footnotes in Gaza</em></a> (2010), for which he received the 2010 <a href="http://www.ridenhour.org/recipients.shtml" rel="nofollow">Ridenhour Book Prize</a> in March 2010. In addition, <em>Footnotes in Gaza</em> was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Graphic Novel award.</p> <p>I hope you are enjoying <em>Palestine</em>. Discussion questions will be posted next week and I look forward to seeing your comments.</p> Comics and Graphic Novels http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/10/12/readers-den-october-book-discussion-about-author-joe-sacco#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:56:04 -0400 Week 2: "A Pale View of Hills" by Ishiguro http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/08/16/week-2-pale-view-hills-ishiguro S J Mitra, 67th Street Library <p><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/paleviewhills.inline vertical.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="192" height="300" /></span>Welcome back for week two of August 2010's <a href="/blog_series/readers-den" rel="nofollow">Reader's Den</a>. Here are some questions to think about as you begin reading.</p> <!--break--> <p>What facts are gradually revealed about Keiko?</p> <p>What impression do we have of Keiko and her relationship with the rest of her family?</p> <p>How does Niki feel about Keiko?</p> English and American Literature http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/08/16/week-2-pale-view-hills-ishiguro#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:04:45 -0400 "A Pale View of Hills" by Kazuo Ishiguro http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/08/03/pale-view-hills-kazuo-ishiguro S J Mitra, 67th Street Library <p><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/paleviewhills.inline vertical.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="192" height="300" /></span>The Reader's Den selection for August 2010 is <em>A Pale View of Hills</em> by Kazuo Ishiguro.</p> <!--break--> <p><a href="http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC?vrsn=149&amp;OP=contains&amp;locID=nypl&amp;srchtp=name&amp;ca=1&amp;c=1&amp;AI=U13005535&amp;NA=ishiguro&amp;ste=12&amp;tbst=prp&amp;tab=1&amp;docNum=H1000049206&amp;bConts=59" rel="nofollow">Born</a> November 8, 1954, in Nagasaki, Japan, <a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search/aIshiguro,%20Kazuo">Ishiguro</a> is one of Britain's leading contemporary writers. He received the <a href="http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/archive" rel="nofollow">Booker Prize</a> for his third novel, <a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search/Ythe%20remains%20of%20the%20day"><em>The Remains of the Day</em></a>, in 1989, and was shortlisted for another Booker in 2000 for <em><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search/Ywhen%20we%20were%20orphans">When We Were Orphans</a>.</em></p> <p><em><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search/YA%20Pale%20View%20of%20Hills">A Pale View of Hills</a> </em>is his first novel. Published in 1982, it won the <a href="http://www.rslit.org/content/holtby" rel="nofollow">Winifred Holtby Award</a>, and was well-received by critics and readers. An absolute gem of a novel, it grips the reader and begs to be read again and again. Each subsequent reading reveals new questions and new and deeper insights.</p> <p>I would like to begin the discussion by raising two questions:</p> <p>1. What is our first impression of Etsuko?</p> <p>2. What do we think of the English setting / location?</p> <p>Please comment with your insights and share your thoughts!</p> English and American Literature http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/08/03/pale-view-hills-kazuo-ishiguro#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:12:04 -0400 The Reader's Den: Discussion Wrap Up http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/10/29/readers-den-discussion-wrap Lynda Perez, Riverdale Library <p><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/whitetiger.inline vertical.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="199" height="300" /></span>Thank you participating in this month’s <a href="http://nypl.org/blogs/subject/-readers-den">online book discussion</a>. I hope you enjoyed <em><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/tThe+White+Tiger/twhite+tiger/1%2C7%2C17%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=twhite+tiger+a+novel&amp;2%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">The White Tiger</a></em> as much as I did. If you didn’t have a chance to read the book and participate, please feel free to post your thoughts at a later time. The discussion will remain online in <a href="http://nypl.org/blogs/subject/-readers-den">the Reader’s Den</a> and hopefully, others will read the book and join in, as well. </p> <p><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/hereticsdaughter.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="150" height="228" /></span>Join us next month for our discussion on Kathleen Kent's historical fiction novel, <em><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C%7CRb17372206%7CSThe+Heretic%27s+Daughter%7CFf%3Afacetcollections%3A96%3A96%3ACirculating%3A%3A%7CP0%2C1%7COrightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=pearl">The Heretic's Daughter</a></em>. Request the novel <a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17372206*eng">online</a> or visit your local <a href="http://www.nypl.org/hours/index.cfm?Trg=6">library branch</a>!</p> English and American Literature http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/10/29/readers-den-discussion-wrap#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:24:44 -0400 The Reader's Den Questions for Week 4: "The Rooster Coop" http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/10/21/readers-den-questions-week-4-rooster-coop Lynda Perez, Riverdale Library <p>In his novel, Adiga highlights the dichotomy between the rich and the poor. He discusses the poorer Indian peoples' subservient relationship with their rich masters and their reluctance to rebel against the establishment because of ingrained and learned beliefs passed down from generation to generation. The rooster coop<span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/adiga.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="150" height="230" /></span> reflects the desperate existence of the poor in India and the perpetual power of the rich to manipulate the system to suit their needs. "Hundreds of pale hens and brightly colored roosters, stuffed tightly into wire-mesh cages, packed as tightly as worms in a belly, pecking each other, jostling for breathing space; the whole cage giving off a horrible stench--the stench of terrified, feathered flesh. On the wooden desk above his coop sits a grinning young brother, showing off the flesh and organs of a recently chopped-up chicken, still oleaginous with a coating of dark blood. The roosters in the coop smell the blood from above. They see the organs of their brothers lying around them. They know they're next. Yet they do not rebel. They do not try to get out of the coop" (p.147). </p> <p>What is Balram's perspective on how and why the Rooster Coop works? </p> <p>To what extent is the narrator finally able to break this obedience to tradition?</p> Asian Studies http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/10/21/readers-den-questions-week-4-rooster-coop#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:15:05 -0400 Reader's Den: Questions for Week Three of "The White Tiger" http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/10/14/readers-den-questions-week-three-white-tiger Lynda Perez, Riverdale Library <p>Early on in the novel, we learn that Balram is a successful businessman in Bangalore and an extremely complex character. In his first letter to the Chinese premier, he writes "my country is the kind where it pays to play it both ways: the Indian entrepreneur has to be straight and crooked, mocking and believing, sly and sincere, at the same time." What are your thoughts about Balram? Is he a psychopath?</p> <p><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/whitetiger.inline vertical.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="199" height="300" /></span>Sudheer Apte, a reviewer for <em><a href="http://mostlyfiction.com/world/adiga.html" rel="nofollow">Mostly Fiction Book Reviews</a></em>, wrote, "the most enjoyable part of this novel is the richly observed world of the have-nots in India: the flocks of drivers hanging out by their vehicles outside air-conditioned buildings, waiting for their masters to summon them, the beggars at traffic stops, who get money mostly from the poor; the petty manipulations among the servants of the house. This is the view most missing from so many Indian novels with a middle class sensibility" (<a href="http://mostlyfiction.com/world/adiga.html" rel="nofollow">Mostly Fiction Book Reviews</a>). If it is one thing Adiga captures in his novel, is the division between the "haves" and "the have-nots" and how both sides are corrupt and manipulating the other in their own way. Because of his circumstances as a servant in India, do you feel Balram was justified in committing murder as a means to an end? Do our circumstances in life ultimately decide who we are?</p> Asian Studies http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/10/14/readers-den-questions-week-three-white-tiger#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:42:38 -0400 Reader's Den: "The White Tiger," Week Two http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/10/07/readers-den-white-tiger-week-two Lynda Perez, Riverdale Library <p><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/whitetiger.inline vertical.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="199" height="300" /></span>Hopefully, you were able to get yourself a copy of <em><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C%7CRb17323797%7CSthe+white+tiger%7CP0%2C3%7COrightresult;jsessionid=2D6EB7C865A85B7F7558BDCE57304386?lang=eng&amp;suite=pearl">The White Tiger</a></em> and are enjoying the novel as much as I did. Here are a few questions to think about:</p> <p>Why is Balram addressing his letters to the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabo? What is his intention in writing these letters?</p> <p>In the first chapter, Balram describes himself as "a thinking man" and "a man of action." Do you agree or disagree? What examples do we see that he is both?</p> <p>What is the significance of the title, <em><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C%7CRb17323797%7CSthe+white+tiger%7CP0%2C3%7COrightresult;jsessionid=2D6EB7C865A85B7F7558BDCE57304386?lang=eng&amp;suite=pearl">The White Tiger</a>?</em></p> Asian Studies http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/10/07/readers-den-white-tiger-week-two#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:37:38 -0400 Reader's Den: "The White Tiger" http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/10/01/readers-den-white-tiger Lynda Perez, Riverdale Library <p><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/whitetiger.inline vertical.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="199" height="300" /></span>Welcome to <a href="http://nypl.org/blogs/subject/-readers-den">the Reader's Den</a>! This month's online book discussion will be <em><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D/X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;SUBKEY=(The%20White%20TIger)/1%2C130%2C130%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;3%2C3%2C">The White Tiger</a></em>, by Aravind Adiga. Feel free to participate and make comments.</p> <p>Aravind Adiga was born in Madras, India in 1974. In high school, he and his family immigrated to Australia. Later, he studied at Columbia and Oxford Universities and published his first novel, <em><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D/X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;SUBKEY=(The%20White%20TIger)/1%2C130%2C130%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;3%2C3%2C">The White Tiger</a></em>, in 2008.</p> <p><em><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D/X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;SUBKEY=(The%20White%20TIger)/1%2C130%2C130%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;3%2C3%2C">The White Tiger</a></em> received the Man Booker prize for 2008, an esteemed accomplishment for a first time author. Adiga was also a correspondent for <em>Time</em> magazine and has also written for the <em>Financial Times</em>, the <em>Independent</em> and the <em>Sunday Times</em>. <em><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D/X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;SUBKEY=(The%20White%20TIger)/1%2C130%2C130%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;3%2C3%2C">The White Tiger</a></em> tells the story of a young Indian man named Balram Halwai, who makes it of the "darkness" by brutally killing his rich master. The story takes place over the course of seven days while Balram, the son of a poor rickshaw puller from a small village in Bihar India, writes daily letters to the Premier of China, Wen Jiabao. In these letters, Balram tells his deepest, darkest secrets and how he came to be an entrepreneurial success. We learn that Balram murdered his master, Ashok and stole a great deal of money in order to get where he is today. He justifies his wrongdoings by rationalizing that it is the unfairness of the Indian society that forced him to do it. Told in a sardonic wit, <em><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D/X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;SUBKEY=(The%20White%20TIger)/1%2C130%2C130%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;3%2C3%2C">The White Tiger</a></em> will make you laugh, while also revealing the corruption of both the rich and the poor and give readers a look at the many sides of modern Indian life.</p> <p>Reserve your copy of <em><a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D/X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;SUBKEY=(The%20White%20TIger)/1%2C130%2C130%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=X(The%20White%20TIger)&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;3%2C3%2C">The White Tiger</a></em> through <a href="http://catalog.nypl.org/search*eng/X">The New York Public Library Catalog</a> or at your <a href="http://www.nypl.org/hours/index.cfm?Trg=6">local branch</a>. The <a href="http://nypl.org/blogs/subject/-readers-den">discussion</a> will take place over the next four weeks. I look forward to hearing from all of you!</p> Asian Studies http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/10/01/readers-den-white-tiger#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:33:05 -0400 Reader's Den http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/06/20/readers-den S J Mitra, 67th Street Library <p>Thanks for sharing your comments and insights. I hope you enjoyed posting and reading this blog as much as I did. Can't wait for Hosseini's next book!</p> http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/06/20/readers-den#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:03:05 -0400 Reader's Den: More Discussion Questions for "A Thousand Splendid Suns" http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/06/15/thousand-splendid-suns-more-questions-discussion S J Mitra, 67th Street Library <p>Rasheed symbolizes the oppression of women. At first his oppression seems benign but soon he is a danger to Mariam, Laila and Aziza. What might the three women symbolize?</p> <p>What point is made by the description of the Bamiyan trip? What may the two Buddhas symbolize? (Consider the reality of what happened to the statues in 2001).</p> <p>"One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, <br /> Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls."</p> <p>What does this quotation from Saib-e-Tabrizi's poem tell us about the characters and / or situations in the book? In other words, what is the significance of the title?</p> <p>As always, please feel free to add your insights and comments.</p> Islam http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/06/15/thousand-splendid-suns-more-questions-discussion#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:48:14 -0400 A Thousand Splendid Suns: Questions for Discussion http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/06/09/thousand-splendid-suns-questions-discussion S J Mitra, 67th Street Library <p><em><a href="http://leopac.nypl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=link=1100002~!P206857~!1100001~!1100087&amp;index=TL&amp;term=A+thousand+splendid+suns"><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/suns.inline vertical.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="199" height="300" /></span>A Thousand Splendid Suns</a></em> starts with a term of abuse thrown at one of the protagonists — Mariam — by her mother: "harami." The word means illegitimate and would be deeply hurtful to someone from a culture that prizes patriarchy. To be without her father's name and patronage is Mariam's curse. It shapes her character and her destiny. What is interesting is that despite Jalil Khan's rejection and Nana's warnings, Mariam worships her father. Her feelings for Nana are more ambivalent. Nana's depression and epilepsy make her a difficult parent but she tries to forearm Mariam by telling her, " ... a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always." Mariam will remember this all her life.</p> <ol><li>What does the location (on the outskirts of Gul Daman) of the hut that Nana and Mariam live in tell us about their position in Jalil's life and in the community?</li> <li>What kind of a mother is Nana? Do you believe Nana's account of Mariam's birth?</li> <li>Can we understand Jalil's refusal to see his daughter when she comes to Herat? Could he have been thinking of her welfare by arranging her marriage to Rasheed?</li> <li>What is your take on Mullah Faizullah explanation of Nana's behavior? Is Nana a sympathetic character?</li> </ol> Islam http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/06/09/thousand-splendid-suns-questions-discussion#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:11:21 -0400 A Thousand Splendid Suns http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/05/27/thousand-splendid-suns S J Mitra, 67th Street Library <p><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/suns.inline vertical.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="199" height="300" /></span>The Reader's Den book discussion for June will be <em><a href="http://leopac.nypl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=link=1100002~!P206857~!1100001~!1100087&amp;index=TL&amp;term=A+thousand+splendid+suns">A Thousand Splendid Suns</a></em>. </p> <p>According to the book jacket and <a href="http://www.khaledhosseini.com" rel="nofollow">his website</a>, <a href="http://leopac.nypl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=link=1100082~!S2354685~!1100001~!1100087&amp;index=&amp;term=Hosseini%2C+Khaled">Khaled Hosseini</a> was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. He moved to the United States in 1980 with his family. He earned a medical degree in 1993 and was a practicing internist between 1996 and 2004. His first novel, <em><a href="http://leopac1.nypl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=124O51715MC00.22289&amp;profile=dial--3&amp;uri=search=TW~!The%20kite%20runner%20/%20%20&amp;term=The%20kite%20runner%20/%20%20&amp;aspect=basic&amp;menu=search&amp;source=~!dial">The Kite Runner</a></em>, was published in 2003 and became an international bestseller and, later, a successful movie. </p> <p>His second novel, <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns</em>, was published in 2007, and the in-print total for the hardcover is currently over 2,000,000. Hosseini is goodwill envoy for the <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/" rel="nofollow">UNHCR</a>. </p> <p>Numbers do not lie. Both books are riveting and the author's style is often poetic. Before reading <em>Suns</em>, it may be helpful to read a brief overview of the position of women under the Taliban on the <a href="http://www.rawa.org" rel="nofollow">rawa.org</a> website. </p> <p><em>Suns</em> is not only addictive fiction but also a revelation for those interested in lesser-known cultures and societies. The two protagonists—Mariam and Laila—remain in the memory long after we put the book down. </p> <p>I will post discussion questions on June 10 and June 17, and we should be able to wrap up the discussion by June 20.</p> Islam http://www.nypl.org/blog/2009/05/27/thousand-splendid-suns#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 19:09:45 -0400
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