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Jennifer Eberhardt (Credit: Nana Kofi Nti)

Jennifer Eberhardt: Seeing from the Periphery

Jennifer Eberhardt, social psychologist, Stanford University professor, and MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, studies unconscious bias—stereotypes or beliefs that we form about...

Frans de Waal: Read to Forget Time

Frans de Waal’s new book about animal and human emotions has been starred by Booklist, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly. While he is a prolific scholar, de Waal grew up in a town that had no...

Hot New Book Releases in March and April

Here are some of the new books coming to the Library—from mysteries to literary novels to science and self-help. March 5, 2019 Unto Us a Son Is Given by Donna Leon The 28th novel that...

Share Your Love for the Library!

February is National Library Lovers' Month, and we have the perfect way to let everyone know how much you love your library: submit a photo to the Share Your Love For Queens Library Photo...

Traveling Shoes: Black Migrations—How Can We Sing in a Strange Land with Tyrone Birkett

Tyrone Birkett became a musician early on—music was in his house and his parents, who saw his interest, enrolled him in the music program at his elementary school. This Black History Month...