Events
September Book Club: Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Our first monthly book club meeting will take place on the last Sunday of every month, beginning Sunday, September 27, 2026.
Book Launch at Columbus Circle: EXHIBIT G: Poems, Essays, and Photographs of Gaza by Fady Joudah
From National Book Award Finalist Fady Joudah, a collection of poems, essays, and photographs that offers a Palestinian representation of not only the staggering grief, but the unwavering resilience and prevailing life force of a people and place enduring genocide.
Book Launch: Spider Man Total Universe by Patrick A. Reed with Moderator to be Announced
The only issue-by-issue, story-by-story history of Spider-Man comics from the wall crawler’s first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) to the present. Featuring fully-illustrated with archival images.
Book Launch: Touch of Grey, or How the Grateful Dead Became Pop Stars by John Brackett in conversation with Nick Paumgarten
Touch of Grey, or How the Grateful Dead Became Pop Stars draws on extensive archival research to tell the behind-the-scenes story of how one song fundamentally transformed the legacy of one of rock’s most iconic groups.
Book Launch: Boy from the North Country by Sam Sussman
A son returns home to his dying mother to discover the astonishing truth of his origins and the secrets of a woman whose life and wisdom he is only beginning to understand
Book Launch at Columbus Circle: Call It Evil by Susan Neiman in conversation with Daniel Kehlmann
The eminent moral philosopher Susan Neiman shows how naming and confronting evil is essential for preserving democracy in an age of demagogues.
Book Launch: Women in Menopause by Jennifer Weiss-Wolf in conversation with Bess Wohl and Pilar Guzmán
Menopause is Having a Moment – so say the daily headlines. Leading voices, from medical experts to celebrities, have helped coalesce a powerful global movement that is demanding a long-overdue course correction in menopause care after decades of silence and stigma.
Book Launch: Family by Meredith F. Small in conversation with Eliot Stein
From the acclaimed author of Our Babies, Ourselves comes an illuminating and thought-provoking look at the nature of family across time and cultures.
Book Launch: Taylor Swift: The Debut Years by Emily Yahr in conversation with Nora Princiotti
Taylor Swift: The Debut Years tells the definitive origin story of today’s biggest star, with never-before-published interviews. Taylor’s decade in Nashville shaped her as a musician, and ultimately changed country music itself long after she left the genre.
Book Launch at Columbus Circle : We Shall Outlast Them by Hanna Notte in conversation with Keith Gessen
The chilling and revelatory story of how Russia’s confrontation with the West went global.
Book Launch: Traumatized by Catherine Liu in conversation with Claire Stapleton
How trauma became a weapon in the culture wars, by the acclaimed author of Virtue Hoarders
Book Launch: The Forest Year by Ethan Tapper
A forest almanac for our time, rooted in a full year observing a rural woodland and its birds.
Book Launch: LUST by Erika Lust
A bold look at the unexpected ways porn shapes our lives, with a feminist defense, drawn from Erika Lust’s decades in adult filmmaking, that argues for a more ethical porn that can transform sexual politics
Book Launch: Tomorrow I'll Be Happy by Jessica Hische
This follow-up to Tomorrow I’ll Be Brave and Tomorrow I’ll Be Kind reminds young readers of the fresh perspective that a new day can bring while exploring emotional opposites through uplifting, expertly hand-lettered messages from New York Times bestselling creator Jessica Hische.
Book Launch: Succubus by Kate Fox
Her touch kills, his saves the dying.
Are they fated, or forbidden?
Book Launch at Columbus Circle: Red Seal by Rosa Kwon Easton in conversation with Eve Chung
A Korean mother and son navigate wars, displacement, and identity across decades and borders in a moving multigenerational saga by the author of White Mulberry.
Book Launch: Notice and Do by Sam Kelly in conversation with Richelle Fredson
Lighten your mental load and end mom burnout for good with a new kind of parenting book that teaches your kids to notice what needs to be done at home—and do it—without waiting to be asked.
Book Launch: Butter Road by Jaclyn Gilbert in conversation with Adrian Shirk
A searing novel about a community irrevocably transformed by gun violence.
Book Launch: Arguments by Benjamin Gucciardi in conversation with Pádraig Ó Tuama
Winner of the 2025 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award, Arguments is an innovative collection that explores inner conflict, ethical action and the eroding ties between self, family, community and the land.
Columbus Circle Book Launch: Hello Fresh Unboxed by Kristin Bryan and Michelle Doll Olson
HelloFresh Unboxed is the official HelloFresh cookbook, bringing the expertise of the HelloFresh Test Kitchen into the home with 100+ easy, flexible recipes designed for real life. Created by the culinary team behind America’s most trusted meal kit, it helps home cooks answer the everyday question: “What’s for dinner?” with confidence, creativity and great flavor.
Book Launch: Americans Without Borders by Julia Harte in conversation with Dale Maharidge
Inspired by the story of a distant cousin, investigative journalist Julia Harte explores the rich and hidden history of American citizens who fought against imperialism and dictatorship abroad, only to be excoriated at home.
Book Launch: A Whole Lotta History by Jason Lipshutz
From music journalist and co-chief content officer at Billboard Jason Lipshutz, a captivating cultural history of the boy band sensation One Direction, featuring exclusive new interviews with their key collaborators.
Book Panel: Hungry for Connection by Kathryn Garland and Vanessa Scaringi in conversation with Dr. Alexis Conason
Based in attachment theory, this essential and timely book reframes emotional and restrictive eating as a deeper struggle for safety and security. With this guide, you’ll identify and examine your own attachment style, learn how attachment wounds can impact your relationship with food, and decrease your dependence on food behaviors as a tool to self-regulate, relieve pain, and find comfort.
Book Launch: Bodega Cats of New York by Dan Rimada
Get to know the working cats of New York City and the owners of these neighborhood stores through powerful narratives and 150 heartwarming photographs.
Storytime at Columbus Circle: Ege and Ávra By Evgenia Mantikas and Elifgül Büyükoral
A thought-provoking picture book celebrating cross-cultural relationships in a gentle, intergenerational story connecting Türkiye and Greece on the Aegean Sea.
Book Launch/ Workshop: Write a Novel in 100 days by Kim Purcell
For those with countless ideas but not enough time, this invaluable guide shows even the busiest people how to finally finish the book they’ve always dreamed of.
Book Launch: In Good Taste by Kit Keenan in conversation with Eli Rallo
Simple, satisfying, and elegant dishes with an Italian American flair from food and fashion influencer Kit Keenan.
Book Launch: Any Time but This Time by Adam Peterson in conversation with James Folta
The stories of Adam Peterson’s funny, daring, and deliciously outrageous debut Any Time But This Time span our history and confront our future.
Book Launch at Columbus Circle: The Fair Fields: My Way to Words by Rosanna Warren in conversation with Margo Jefferson
A memoir-in-vignettes recalling a poet’s early years and memories from a literary household.
Photos from recent events
Book Launch: Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle





Book Launch: Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts by Claire Donato in conversation with Molly Soda, plus additional readings from Abigail Greene and Jaylen Strong and incidental music by Zach Phillips (Fievel is Glauque, Blanche Blanche Blanche)





































