Led by Beth Plankey, this group encourages and supports creative writers through group and individual discussion sessions leading up to the November celebration of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Princeton Room
Registration begins today for Summer Reading Clubs, including “Wee Reads: Dig Into Reading” for preschoolers; “Dig Into Reading” for children entering kindergarten through fifth grade; “Going Beneath the Surface” for teens in grades 6-12 and Groundbreaking Reads, for adults. Youth Services, third...
Librarian Kristin Friberg for a discussion of Jean Hanff Korelitz's "Admission." Thirty-eight-year old Portia Nathan, a Princeton University admissions officer, must decide whether to confront the truth when a life-altering decision from her past resurfaces. Bring your library card to get $2 and $3 selected beer specials...
Featured poets Ajay Manissery Konchery and Mark Hillringhouse read from their works for 20 minutes each followed by an open-mic session. A native of Kerala, India, who relocated to Basking Ridge last year, Ajay has published two collections of poems: “Facsimile of Beliefs” and “Sweetness of Salt.” “Urban...
Libby Zinman Schwartz leads a discussion of “Dinner at Mr. Jefferson’s: Three Men, Five Great Wines, and the Evening that Changed America” by Charles Cerami. Discover the little-known story behind a pivotal evening in American history, in which Thomas Jefferson and his two guests, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison,...
This summer discussion series, led by librarian Kristin Friberg, focuses on short stories. Read one or all of the stories in this month’s featured title, “This Is How You Lose Her” by Junot Diaz. Princeton Room
Rising high school freshmen are invited to get a head start on Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey” in this two-hour workshop presented by teacher Margaret Spear. Students should come prepared to move, play and travel around Ancient Greece through their imagination and Homer’s words. “The Odyssey” is...
Keri Walsh, assistant professor at Fordham University and the editor of “The Letters of Sylvia Beach,” presents a lecture that examines the earlier works of James Joyce (including “Dubliners”) that led up to his writing
of “Ulysses,” and his meeting with the groundbreaking
The author discusses her book “The Astronaut Wives Club” which tells the story of the women who stood behind some of the biggest heroes in American history, how they became celebrities, and supported each other with lifelong friendships. A Q-and-A session and book signing follows the talk. Come dressed in your most...