Join us online for a thrilling conversation with Rebecca F. Kuang (R.F. Kuang) as she chats with us about her New York Times bestselling novel, Yellowface. Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media.
Rebecca F. Kuang is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, and Yellowface. A Marshall Scholar, she has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale, where she studies diaspora, contemporary Chinese literature, and Asian American literature.
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Join us for an online chat with New York Times-bestselling debut author Nina Simon as she chats about her lighthearted whodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daughter trio of amateur sleuths, Mother-Daughter Murder Night.
High-powered business woman Lana finds herself convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and granddaughter Jack, when Jack finds a dead body while kayaking and quickly becomes a prime suspect in the homicide investigation. With Jack and Beth’s help, Lana uncovers a web of lies, family vendettas, and land disputes lurking beneath the surface of a community populated by folksy conservationists and wealthy ranchers. But as their amateur snooping advances into ever-more dangerous territory, the headstrong women must learn to do the one thing they’ve always resisted: depend on each other. Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door!
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Join us for an online chat with New York Times bestselling author, Douglas Brunt, about instant bestselling debut non-fiction work The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I. This book reveals the hidden history of Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I.
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Join us for an in-depth discussion of Iggy Pop: Open Up & Bleed by Paul Trynka at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20 in Room 208. For information, email Kevin at kevin@ucitylibrary.org.
Join us for an in-depth discussion of The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica Hopper at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 16 in Room 208. For information, email Kevin at kevin@ucitylibrary.org.
Support University City institutions and take part in a long-standing tradition! The 50thAnnual Memorial Day Run is scheduled to kick off at 7:30 a.m. Monday, May 27 at the University City Public Library, 6701 Delmar Blvd. The annual run benefits the University City Public Library, U City in Bloom, and The Green Center.
The event features 5K, 10K, and 1-mile fun run distances. For registration information, visit
https://www.ucitymemorialdayrun.org/registration and we’ll see you at the starting line!
Join us for an evening with author Rabbi Jeffrey Gale as he discusses his new book, The Secret of Redemption.
This book is the sequel to the author’s first book, The Ballad of East and West, which tells the story of Rabbi Isaac Levin’s devotion to the cause of Soviet Jewry in the early 1980s.
The Secret of Redemption delves into the intertwined lives of Rabbi Levin and his daughter, Bracha, as they grapple with the echoes of historical trauma and contemporary injustices. Set against the backdrop of November 2013, the narrative explores Rabbi Levin’s reflections on the seventy-fifth anniversary of Kristallnacht, juxtaposed with the challenges faced by his congregation in northern Manhattan.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri and a graduate of University City High School and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Rabbi Jeffrey Gale focused his career on community relations, interfaith programming, and social causes such as civil rights and immigration. After ordination, Rabbi Gale served the Southend and District Reform Synagogue and the Settlement Synagogue. While in England, he served on the reform movement’s music committee and on the Soviet Jewry committee.
This event is intended for adults, but free and open to all. It will be held in the auditorium. The author will have books available for purchase.
Join us for a lively discussion of All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9 in the UCPL makerspace. Email Kara at kkrekeler@ucitylibrary.org for more info.
Join us for a lively discussion of Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12 in the UCPL makerspace. Email Kara at kkrekeler@ucitylibrary.org for more info.
Join us for a lively discussion of Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa at 7 p.m. Monday, July 15 in the UCPL makerspace. Email Kara at kkrekeler@ucitylibrary.org for more info.
