Tuesday Book Talks
The Friends of Albany Public Library and, later, the Friends and Foundation of Albany Public Library, have sponsored free Tuesday Book Talks almost every week of the year for decades.
May 5 | Author Talk | Jessica Treadway, Albany native & child patron of the Pine Hills Branch, discusses & reads from her short story collection, I Felt My Life with Both My Hands.
May 12 | Book Review | The World’s Strongest Librarian: A Book Lover’s Adventures by Josh Hanagarne. Reviewer: John Edvalson, APL librarian.
May 19| Book Review | The Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Crtical Technology by Chris Miller. Reviewer: Charles Hailer, Empire State Fellow with the NYS Urban Development Corporation.
May 26 | Book Review | The Fear and the Fury: Bernie Goetz, the Reagan ‘80s, and the Rebirth of White Rage by Heather Ann Thompson. Reviewer: James Collins, PhD, prof. emeritus, Anthropology Dept, Program in Linguistics & Cognitive Science, U at Albany, SUNY.
June 2 | Book Review | The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America by Russell Shorto. Reviewer: John Hammer, long term resident of Albany.
June 9 | Illustrator Talk | Marcus Kwame Anderson, Deputy Director, Underground Railroad Education Center, discusses his most recent graphic novel, written with David Walker, Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined. (Rescheduled from February.)
June 16 | Book Review | The Gift of Fear: Survival Signs That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker. Reviewer: David Guistina, “Morning Edition” anchor & senior producer, WAMC, and adjunct professor, U at Albany, SUNY.
June 23 | Book Reviews | Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy by Katherine Stewart and The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-liberal Demonology Possessed U. S. Religion, Media, and Politics by Whitney Phillips and Mark Brockway. Reviewer: Frank Robinson, JD, philosopher, author, & blogger.
June 30 | Author Talk | Molly Dunn discusses & reads from her psychological thriller, The Circuitry We Share.