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June 16, 2021
Meet Author Nathaniel Rich
Please join us for a virtual author visit with Nathaniel
Rich on Tuesday, August 10th, 7:00–8:00 p.m. He’ll
discuss his recent book Second Nature: Scenes from a
World Remade (Library Catalog / OverDrive).
Today, scientists race to reanimate extinct beasts, our
most essential ecosystems require monumental
engineering projects to survive, and chicken breasts
grow in test tubes. No rock, leaf, or cubic foot of air on
Earth has escaped humanity's clumsy signature. The
distinctions we grew up with,—between natural and artificial, dystopia and utopia,
science fiction and science fact—have blurred, losing all meaning.
In Second Nature, we meet ordinary people who make
desperate efforts to preserve their humanity in a world that
seems increasingly alien. Their stories—obsessive, intimate,
and deeply reported—help us understand our place in a
reality that resembles nothing human beings have known
before.
Nathaniel Rich is an author and writer-at-large for The New
York Times Magazine and a regular contributor to The
Atlantic, Harper’s, and The New York Review of Books. His
other books include Losing Earth: A Recent History. He is also the author of the
novels King Zeno Odds Against Tomorrow and The Mayor’s Tongue.
This program is sponsored by the White Plains Library Foundation.
Click HERE to register and you’ll receive a Zoom link unique to your email.
Take care,
Brian Kenney
Library Director
bkenney@whiteplainslibrary.org
We appreciate support from the White Plains Library Foundation for many of our
programs. Events funded by the Foundation are noted with an .
June is Audiobook Month
Listen up! June is Audiobook Month! To
celebrate, we've put together a list of intriguing
titles for your enjoyment, and there are thousands
of other titles to choose from in our
Libby/OverDrive and hoopla collections.
Planning a long overdue vacation? Dreading the
return of your pre-pandemic commute? Get our
free app, Libby, check out some audiobooks, and
the miles will fly by. They're also great for long
walks, folding laundry and other chores, or
lounging by the pool. We've got a wide variety of genres and incredible narrators,
including literary icons reading their own work, that guy who says "Alright, Alright,
Alright" and many other familiar voices: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tiffany Haddish,
Meryl Streep, David Oyelowo, Oprah, Bruce Springsteen, JB Smoove, Maggie
Gyllenhaal, and more. Have you heard? Alicia Keys narrates her memoir, RuPaul
philosophizes, Marisa Tomei reads Elena Ferrante, Benedict Cumberbatch
explores Kafka, Stanley Tucci performs Breakfast of Champions, Dustin Hoffman
brings Horton Hears a Who! to life, and weirdly, Burt Reynolds voices Moby Dick.
Chill with some mindfulness/meditation, try some self-help, solve a whodunit, or
travel to another planet. Audiobooks are amazing.
TOLERANCE: Coach Vince
Lombardi's Winning Formula
Sunday, June 20th
2:00–3:00 p.m.
One of the greatest coaches in pro
football, Vince Lombardi's
leadership skills resulted in ten
winning seasons and five
championships. His management Book 'Em
keys of diversity, tolerance, and Wednesday, June 23rd
attacking bigotry proved well in 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Green Bay. Lombardi broke down Library Director Brian Kenney will
barriers for athletes of color in lead a discussion of Sujata
Wisconsin's NFL outpost. It should Massey's The Satapur Moonstone.
be no surprise Lombardi employed Bombay’s only female lawyer is
the same successful tactics in once again called upon to solve a
changing the Washington Football mystery in 1920’s India. The book is
Team's culture for gay players. John available in print and Large Print
Vorperian, a published sports through the Library's catalog, and
historian & host of BEYOND THE on OverDrive/Libby as an eBook
GAME, will take us back to 1969 to and audiobook. For information on
hear Vince Lombardi exploits and attending, click here.
how tolerance finally brought a
winning year to the nation capital's
fans. Click here to register.
Short Story Series–Film
Discussion: Lady Bird
Thursday, June 24th
2:00–4:15 p.m.
Join Librarian Barbara Wenglin as
we conclude our Spring Series with
a discussion of the feature film Lady
Bird (2017 - 1hr. 35min). An intrepid
Catholic School senior from “the
wrong side of the tracks” in
Sacramento navigates the trials of
first love, family, and self-discovery
as she dreams of escaping to
college on the East Coast.
Nominated for 5 Oscars, Golden
Globe winner Best Picture & Best
Actress – Starring Saoirse Ronan,
directed by Greta Gerwig, with
Laurie Metcalf and Tracy Letts. To
view before meeting: borrow as
STEAMy Summer Days
DVD or Blu-Ray, streamed free on
in the Edge
Library’s Kanopy, also on Netflix.
This summer the Library is excited
Click here to register.
to offer eight weeks of free mini-
camps for teens going into Grades
6-10 in the fall. This is the fifth year
that Argus, a Verisk Analytics
company, is funding these free
summer camps. Click here for
more info and to register.
Summer Reading at the Library
starts Monday, June 28th and will
run through Friday, August 20th!
Due to the impact of COVID-19 on
services, Summer Reading will be
completely online this year via the
READsquared platform, website, or
app (available for iOS and Android). Poetry Open Mic
Find out more here. Wednesday, July 7th
7:00–9:00 p.m.
Join Zork and Kristen for the First
Wednesday Poetry Open Mic! Pre-
registration is required to try and
accommodate as many poets as
possible. Register here to attend or
perform. If you plan on performing,
please send your name (how you'd
like to be introduced), email
address, and a short 60-word bio to
kthornton@whiteplainslibrary.org.
Adults & teens welcome!
Around the Web
Facts on Coronavirus.
New York legislature passes library eBook bill.
When weeding books, librarians are attending to inclusion
and diversity, SLJ survey shows.
Listen to Maggie Smith in conversation with Hanif
Abdurraqib.
Fresh Air: in Somebody's Daughter, Ashley C. Ford confronts the crimes of her
father.
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