SEP
23
Martin Luther King Jr.'s The Drum Major Instinct
PLEASE NOTE: This event will take place at The Plaza at 300 Ashland (at the corner of Flatbush & Lafayette Avenues, Brooklyn, NY 11217).
Acclaimed actor Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale, Orange is the New Black) reads the last...
OCT
9
Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot with Mona Eltahawy
BPL Presents is proud to partner with Greenlight Bookstore to host revered international political activist and conceptual artist Nadya Tolokonnikova, founder of the art collective Pussy Riot, to present her new book Read & Riot....
NOV
16
Jonathan Franzen presents The End of the End of the Earth
In The End of the End of the Earth, which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigor to the themes—both human and literary—that have long preoccupied him. Whether exploring his...
NOV
17
Anne Carson delivers Three Lectures on Aesthetics
Please note: This program is now at capacity and registration has been closed.
The first of a two-part lecture series. Noted poet, translator, essayist, and professor of classics, Carson reprises three lectures on aesthetics.
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NOV
18
Anne Carson delivers Three Lectures on Aesthetics
Please note: This program is now at capacity and registration has been closed.
The conclusion of a two-part lecture series. Noted poet, translator, essayist, and professor of classics, Carson reprises three lectures on aesthetics. ...
