Videos

Psychotherapist Luana Marques discussed the origins of anxiety and explained how to overcome it. The Brooklyn Heights Library hosted this event.

Author Fatima Shaik provided a history of Economy Hall in New Orleans, which played a vital role in the social and political lives of the city’s Black residents in the 19th and 20th centurie…

University of Pennsylvania Middle East Center Director John Ghazvinian talked about the relationship between America and Iran going back to the Persian Empire. This virtual event was hosted …

Authors Anand Giridharadas and Nathaniel Rich, ACLU president Susan Herman, and ERA Coalition Board Chair Kimberly Peeler-Allen discussed the framework for drafting a 28th Amendment, which w…

Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden talked about exposing the U.S. government’s mass surveillance program and having to go into exile as a result. Mr. Snowden appeared …

Peter Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, discussed his memoir, Shortest Way Home.

Jennifer Jacquet talked about her book Is Shame Necessary?: New Uses for an Old Tool, in which she argues that public shaming can be a powerful tool in creating social and economic change. I…

Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos present their book for children about the impact of sugar on world history - including the role sugar played in the creation of the Atlantic slave trade and th…

Joe Sacco talked about his illustrated history of a 1956 incident in Rafah (Gaza Strip) during which 111 Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers. Mr. Sacco uses the incident to provide…

Marc Aronson talked about his book Race: A History Beyond Black and White, published by Ginee Seo Books. In his book the young adult author explores the history of race and racial prejudice …

James Giblin read from and showed pictures from his book The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin, published by Scholastic Press. The book is about the personality and accomplishments of Benjam…

Melvin Blackman talked about his book Urban Suicide: The Enemy We Choose Not To See... Crisis in Black America, published by Amber Books. He was interviewed by the BookTV Bus crew at the Bro…

Marc Aronson talked about his book for young readers The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence, published by Clarion Books. In the book, Marc Aronson traces the complex…

Professor Bruinius talked about his book, Better for All the World: The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America’s Quest for Racial Purity, published by Knopf. He described the his…

Martin Kaiser talked about his autobiography, Odyssey of an Eavesdropper: My Life in Electronic Countermeasures and My Battle Against the FBI, published by Carroll and Graf. The electronic s…

Mr. Hamill talked about his book Downtown: My Manhattan, published by Little, Brown. He was interviewed by Leonard Lopate and gave a personal account of Manhattan describing the architectur…

Illustrator Sam Fink talked to young people about the Declaration of Independence. In his book, The Declaration of Independence, Mr. Fink illustrated the Declaration of Independence phrase b…

Mr. Seeger talked about his new book, Pete Seeger’s Storytelling Book, published by Harcourt. He was joined by musician David Bernz and his co-author, Paul DuBois Jacobs, whose grandfather c…

At the Park Slope Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library Mr. Freedman talked about his book, In the Days of the Vaqueros: America’s First True Cowboys, published by Clarion Books. He explaine…

The Brooklyn Public Library and QBR The Black Book Review hosted a panel discussion on the topic of ethnic diversity in children’s literature. A panel of five publishers spoke about how publ…