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Books in NYC are in the city’s libraries and a few wonderful book stores. New Yorkers seem to read more than people in other cities. The classic New York apartment has a wall of books (or two).

Literature has a special place in Latin culture. It’s not uncommon for Latin Americans to be able to recite poetry by heart. “Don Quixote” (1605) was the beginning of modern literature. It was the first time a literary character knew he was being written about.

Today spoken word is popular in Latin communities. It’s rap without music. Spoken word traditions go back to West African griots (court storytellers) and European troubadours. The troubadour tradition is still strong in Puerto Rico.

NYC Books News

First Black Pulitzer Prize-Winner

Gwendolyn Brooks : A Poet’s Work in Community, examines the first Black Pulitzer Prize winner’s work as a model for building community in America today, at the Morgan Library in Murray Hill, Jan 28 – Jun 5, 2022. themorgan.org 🇺🇸

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NYC Books (Alexander Image/Adobe)
NYC Books (Alexander Image/Adobe)

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  • New York Public Library
  • Brooklyn Public Library
  • Queens Public Library

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NYC Books Calendar

February NYC Books

Jazz Poet

Langston Hughes, the Harlem Renaissance Jazz poet, was born in Joplin, Missouri on Feb 1, 1901. 🇺🇸

Our American Self Concept

Frederick Douglass, the writer, speaker and statesman perhaps most responsible for our American self-concept, celebrated his birthday on Feb 14. 🇺🇸

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Joel Perez: Playing With Myself brings Puerto Rican LGBTQ+ stand-up comedy to Joe’s Pub in NoHo, Manhattan on Mon, Jan 31 at 9:30pm. $15. 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈

2021

Italian comic Sebastian Maniscalco brings his “Nobody Does This Tour” to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn on Wed, Dec 29 at 7pm. From $65. 🇮🇹

Italian American comic Sebastian Maniscalco brings his “Nobody Does This Tour” to Madison Square Garden in Chelsea on Tue, Dec 28 at 7pm. From $76. 🇮🇹

Venezuelan comic Led Varela brings his “Orgullo Nacional” standup tour to the Broadway Comedy Club in Hell’s Kitchen on Thu, Dec 3 at 8:30pm. $35. broadwaycomedyclub.com 🇻🇪

PALABREANDO
Yaissa Jimenez joins hosts BocaFloja and Lyrical Bliss for a spoken word, storytelling open mic on Facebook Live @BxMusic on Thu, Sep 26 at 7pm. FREE. Signup at emartinez@whedco.org

Argentine comic Luciano Mellera plays the Broadway Comedy Club in Hell’s Kitchen on Sun, Sep 26 at 10pm. From $30 🇦🇷

The New Yorker Festival is live and virtual October 4-10, 2021.

New York Comic Con is at Javits Center in Hudson Yards, Thu-Sun, Oct 7-10, 2021. $60

Literary Festivals

  • January is the Schomburg Center’s Black Comic Book Festival (January 13-16, 2021)
  • May is the PEN World Voices Festival (May 18-22, 2021)
  • June is the Schomburg Center Literary Festival (June 14-19, 2021)
  • July-August is Lincoln Center Out of Doors and the La Casita word festival (July 24 – August 11, 2019)
  • September is usually the New York Art Book Fair (February 24-28, 2021)
  • October is the New Yorker Festival (October 4-10, 2021)

Literary New York City

  • The Nuyorican Poets Cafe hosts Latin American thinkers 🇵🇷
  • The Bowery Poetry Club hosts all kinds of thinkers.
  • The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem was founded by Harlem Renaissance Man, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg. 🇵🇷
  • The Brazilian Endowment for the Arts in Midtown East is NYC’s biggest Portuguese-language library. 🇧🇷🇵🇹
  • The Instituto Cervantes Borges Library in Midtown East is NYC’s biggest Spanish-language library. 🇪🇸
  • The Italian Cultural Institute in the Upper East Side is one of NYC’s biggest Italian libraries. 🇮🇹
  • The FIAF Haskell Library in the Upper East Side is NYC’s biggest French-language library. 🇫🇷

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The Morgan Library & Museum (H.J. Herrera/Dreamstime)
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