Book Event

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

March 25 @ 7 PM - Evening Discussion: All The Broken Places by John Boyne

Join us on March 25 at 7:00 pm as we discuss All The Broken Places by John Boyne. An elderly London resident befriends the little boy who moves in downstairs, but his parents’ fighting brings her back to her harrowing escape from Nazi Germany at age 12 and grim post-war years in France with her mother.

Register online by clicking on this link, or by calling 516-794-2570, option 3.

The eBook version of All The Broken Places can be accessed through the Nassau Digital Doorway.


For more information, please call the Reader Services Department at 516-794-2570 ext. 1236.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Feb 26 @ 7 PM - Mystery Book Club - A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

Join us on February 26 at 7:00 p.m. as we discuss A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham. When Chloe Davis was 12, her father was convicted of killing six girls who vanished from their small Louisiana town. Now she’s a Baton Rouge-based psychologist prepping for her wedding, and it’s happening again: local teenage girls are starting to vanish. What’s going on? Full of red herrings and surprises!

Register online by clicking on this link, or by calling 516-794-2570, option 3.

The eBook version of A Flicker in the Dark can be accessed through the Nassau Digital Doorway.


For more information, please call the Reader Services Department at 516-794-2570 ext. 1236.

Feb 20 @ 7 PM - Meet the Author: Mark Chiusano - The Fabulist


Photo Credit: Charlotte Alter
Photo Credit: Charlotte Alter
Meet author Mark Chiusano, a Newsday alum and PEN/Hemingway honoree, as he discusses his book, The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos. Chiusano tells the full story of Santos, from his humble years spent in Brazil, to glamorous nights on the west side of Manhattan, to the stunning small-time scams employed to ease his slippery climb up the American society ladder.

Register online by clicking on this link, or by calling 516-794-2570, option 3.

The eBook version of The Fabulist can be accessed through the Nassau Digital Doorway.

COPIES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY

America has grown used to larger-than-life politicians: Teflon Don, AOC, MTG, Dark Brandon, and all the rest have injected DC politics with an unmistakable edge of celebrity flair and tabloid intrigue. Yet in 2022, a new player on the national scene outshone them all. George Anthony Devolder Santos, and his revolving door of pseudonyms, shed glaring new light on how far we all let our politics slide as his claimed resume was shred to bits in the wake of a longshot run to office from New York's 3rd Congressional District. From Wall Street gigs to an amateur volleyball career, from embellished claims of Jewish heritage to a fabricated 9/11 story involving his mother's death, Santos' legend continued to grow as his web of lies evaporated in real time. And the only thing wilder than this charlatan embedding himself in the warm, consequence-evading arms of our nation's capital was the Queens con artist's refusal to bow his head in shame. The Santos show continues, as he joins the ranks of high-wattage fakers like Anna Delvey and Elizabeth Holmes.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Feb 1st through Feb 16th - Blind Date with a Book

BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK

For those of you in love with books, we are bringing back our Blind Date With a Book program. Beginning Thursday, February 1, readers can check out a wrapped book and find out the title when they get home. Inside the package is a form to write your name, barcode and a short review of the book, including your opinion. You can return the form to the Reference Desk. The program will end Friday, February 16 and we will not accept forms after that date. A drawing from the completed forms will be held for a small Valentine prize. While you can check out as many titles as you want, only the first completed form will be entered into the drawing. They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover-now you have a chance to see if it’s true.

For more information, please call the Reader Services Department at 516-794-2570 ext.1236.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

POSTPONED - Jan 16 @ 7 PM - Meet the Author: Mark Chiusano - The Fabulist

This program has been postponed. A new date will be announced soon.

Photo Credit: Charlotte Alter
Photo Credit: Charlotte Alter
Meet author Mark Chiusano, a Newsday alum and PEN/Hemingway honoree, as he discusses his book, The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos. Chiusano tells the full story of Santos, from his humble years spent in Brazil, to glamorous nights on the west side of Manhattan, to the stunning small-time scams employed to ease his slippery climb up the American society ladder.

Register online by clicking on this link, or by calling 516-794-2570, option 3.

The eBook version of The Fabulist can be accessed through the Nassau Digital Doorway.

COPIES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY

America has grown used to larger-than-life politicians: Teflon Don, AOC, MTG, Dark Brandon, and all the rest have injected DC politics with an unmistakable edge of celebrity flair and tabloid intrigue. Yet in 2022, a new player on the national scene outshone them all. George Anthony Devolder Santos, and his revolving door of pseudonyms, shed glaring new light on how far we all let our politics slide as his claimed resume was shred to bits in the wake of a longshot run to office from New York's 3rd Congressional District. From Wall Street gigs to an amateur volleyball career, from embellished claims of Jewish heritage to a fabricated 9/11 story involving his mother's death, Santos' legend continued to grow as his web of lies evaporated in real time. And the only thing wilder than this charlatan embedding himself in the warm, consequence-evading arms of our nation's capital was the Queens con artist's refusal to bow his head in shame. The Santos show continues, as he joins the ranks of high-wattage fakers like Anna Delvey and Elizabeth Holmes.

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

POSTPONED - Jan 16 @ 7 PM - Meet the Author: Mark Chiusano - The Fabulist

This program has been postponed. A new date will be announced soon.

Photo Credit: Charlotte Alter
Photo Credit: Charlotte Alter
Meet author Mark Chiusano, a Newsday alum and PEN/Hemingway honoree, as he discusses his book, The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos. Chiusano tells the full story of Santos, from his humble years spent in Brazil, to glamorous nights on the west side of Manhattan, to the stunning small-time scams employed to ease his slippery climb up the American society ladder.

Register online by clicking on this link, or by calling 516-794-2570, option 3.

The eBook version of The Fabulist can be accessed through the Nassau Digital Doorway.

COPIES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY

America has grown used to larger-than-life politicians: Teflon Don, AOC, MTG, Dark Brandon, and all the rest have injected DC politics with an unmistakable edge of celebrity flair and tabloid intrigue. Yet in 2022, a new player on the national scene outshone them all. George Anthony Devolder Santos, and his revolving door of pseudonyms, shed glaring new light on how far we all let our politics slide as his claimed resume was shred to bits in the wake of a longshot run to office from New York's 3rd Congressional District. From Wall Street gigs to an amateur volleyball career, from embellished claims of Jewish heritage to a fabricated 9/11 story involving his mother's death, Santos' legend continued to grow as his web of lies evaporated in real time. And the only thing wilder than this charlatan embedding himself in the warm, consequence-evading arms of our nation's capital was the Queens con artist's refusal to bow his head in shame. The Santos show continues, as he joins the ranks of high-wattage fakers like Anna Delvey and Elizabeth Holmes.

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Dec 4 @ 7 PM - Mystery Book Club - Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone

Join us on December 4 at 7:00 p.m. as we discuss Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson. A self-published author of crime novel writing guides attends a reunion with his family of expert killers and investigates when a body is found outside in the snow as a debilitating storm approaches.

Register online by clicking on this link, or by calling 516-794-2570, option 3.

The eBook version of Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone can be accessed through the Nassau Digital Doorway.


For more information, please call the Reader Services Department at 516-794-2570 ext. 1236.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Nov 27 @ 1 PM - The Glatstein Chronicles



The East Meadow Public Library was awarded a book discussion grant by the Yiddish Book Center. The theme is Stories of Exile. Stories of Exile is a reading and discussion program to engage teens and adults in thinking about experiences of displacement, migration, and diaspora. Using Yiddish literature as a portal, the program will feature works in translation that explore narratives which grapple with questions of homelands, journeys, identity, and belonging. Reading groups will compare these works written in Yiddish in the early and mid-20th century to works by contemporary writers from all across the globe.

November 27 at 1:00 p.m. - The Glatstein Chronicles by Jacob Glatstein, Edited by Ruth Wisse, translated by Maier Deshell and Norbert Guterman

Discussion Leader: Donna Rosenblum from LI Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center. 

Register online by clicking on this link, or by calling 516-794-2570, option 3.



This seminal American work from the Yiddish literary canon, in a restored English edition, offers the luminous narrative of the author's journey home to his Polish birthplace. In 1934, with World War II on the horizon, Jacob Glatstein (1896-1971) traveled from his home in America to his native Poland to visit his dying mother. One of the foremost Yiddish poets of the day, he used his journey as the basis for two autobiographical novellas, together known as The Glatstein Chronicles, in which he intertwines childhood memories with observations of growing anti-Semitism in Europe.

The discussion will focus mainly on book one, Homeward Bound, of this collection.

The Yiddish Book Center’s “Stories of Exile” Reading Groups for Public Libraries is made possible by a gift from Sharon Karmazin.