by Sam | Jul 22, 2020 | Literary Legends, Literary Legends News
Get to know our 2020 Literary Legend, Elisa Albert, through her most recent interview! Albert is the author of three books: After Birth, The Book of Dahlia and How This Night Is Different. Most of her works focus around themes of “being an outsider, being a Jew...
by Sam | Jul 22, 2020 | Literary Legends
Did you know that William Kennedy actually bought Legs Diamond’s house? This house, located on 67 Dove Street was the scene of a scandal from Albany’s history. It was in this house where Legs’s notorious drug dealing and gangster reputation finally caught up to him...
by Sam | Jul 17, 2020 | Announcement, Events, Literary Legends News, News
We at the Friends and Foundation of the Albany Public Library are proud to announce our first in-person, real life event in months! At this event, Elisa Albert will be reading from her “O Small-Bany!” cycle of essays at the Washington Park Soldiers’...
