In this episode of 92NY Talks, join New York Times-bestselling author Kwame Alexander and Christine Platt on Alexander's candid, deeply moving new memoir, Why Fathers Cry at Night. In his intimate new book full of heartfelt reminisces, family recipes, love poems, and personal letters, Alexander tells the story about how he learned to fall in love — from his parents, from his relationships, and from his greatest love of all: his daughters. The conversation was recorded on May 24, 2023 in front of a live audience at The 92nd Street Y, New York.

Join writer Alison Riley and New York Times­-bestselling author and comedian Samantha Irby for a conversation on food, pop culture, and survival — and on Riley's buzzy new anthology, Recipe for Disaster. Part story collection and part recipe book, Recipe for Disaster gathers a who's who from the worlds of food, music, art, literature, activism, fashion, and pop culture — including Bowen Yang, Thundercat, Sarah Silverman, Alice Waters, Samantha Irby herself, and many more — to tell stories of finding comfort in food. Hear Riley and Irby on this deeply funny, heartbreaking, candid collection of stories — why Riley took on the project, how food connects us to who we are, personal stories that didn't make it into the book, and more.

In this episode of 92NY Talks, join Andy Cohen, executive producer of The Real Housewives and host of Watch What Happens Live, in discussion with his good friend Anderson Cooper on Cohen's new book, The Daddy Diaries, the third installment of his New York Times-bestselling Diaries series. With a three-year-old son and a baby girl born in May, stories of late-night parties are replaced by early mornings with Ben, drama at the playground, and musings of a single dad trying to navigate having it all.

The conversation was recorded on May 9, 2023 in front of a live audience, at The 92nd Street Y, New York.

In this episode of 92NY Talks, join political leader, voting rights activist, and New York Times­-bestselling author Stacey Abrams in discussion with Wilson Cruz about her new novel, Rogue Justice. Alongside her tireless work in the Georgia House of Representatives, on the campaign trail, and protecting voting rights, Abrams has written novels for years. Her newest is a riveting political thriller following the story of a blackmailed federal judge, a secret court, and the threat of a national crisis.

The conversation was recorded on May 25, 2023 in front of a live audience, at The 92nd Street Y, New York.