West Side Fest: Reading Under Fire Curatorial Tour
Sat, Jul 11, 2026 • 4:00 PM—5:00 PM
119 W 23 St, New York, NY 10011
Free
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Recruiting all bookworms! Join curator Molly Guptill Manning for an in-depth tour of Reading Under Fire: Arming Minds & Hearts During Wartime. Learn how posters produced during World Wars I and II shaped an international movement to promote reading and support morale, education, and connection during wartime. This program is part of West Side Fest, a three-day celebration of arts and culture across Manhattan’s historic West Side, organized by the West Side Cultural Network. Molly Guptill Manning is an author, historian, curator, and associate professor of law at New York Law School. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II; The War of Words: How America’s GI Journalists Battled Censorship and Propaganda to Help Win World War II; and The Myth of Ephraim Tutt. She has also curated several exhibitions about the essential role of books, magazines, and newspapers in both world wars. Accessibility Note: Masks… View Source