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Library Talks

By: The New York Public Library
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  • Feed your brain with the best live conversations from The New York Public Library. An eclectic mix of voices and perspectives, 'Library Talks' features your favorite writers and the ones you’ll love next.
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Episodes
  • Emily Wilson: Reading The Iliad

    Emily Wilson: Reading The Iliad
    May 28 2024

    The groundbreaking translator and professor of classics reads from and discusses her masterful new English version of the greatest literary landmark of antiquity. Actors Ben Shenkman and Morgan Spector will read selections from Wilson's translation.
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Ruha Benjamin with Rujeko Hockley: Imagination

    Ruha Benjamin with Rujeko Hockley: Imagination
    May 14 2024

    Social and technology critic Ruha Benjamin examines the power of our imagination to challenge systems of oppression and to create a world in which everyone can thrive.
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    59 mins
  • Marilynne Robinson with Ayana Mathis: Reading Genesis

    Marilynne Robinson with Ayana Mathis: Reading Genesis
    Apr 30 2024

    Legendary novelist and essayist Marilynne Robinson discusses her new book, Reading Genesis, with author Ayana Mathis. Often overlooked as a piece of literature, Robinson reconsiders The Book of Genesis and its exploration of themes that resonate throughout the Old and New Testaments.
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    57 mins
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