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"This recording is presented in partnership by Princeton Public Library and Princeton University Press. Longdon will present on her book, "Natural Connection: Six Roots of Environmental Wisdom and Action" which explores our relationships with the living world and each other. From the publisher: "Reimagining environmentalism as an act of doing and a way of being in the world and climate action as a shared goal, not an individual burden, Natural Connection draws on the legacies and ongoing resistance of marginalised communities around the globe to guide us toward a more sustainable relationship with the living world. Joycelyn Longdon defines six conceptual roots—rage, imagination, innovation, theory, healing and care—that can help us to transform environmentalism from the ground up and cultivate the natural connection so essential to creating a safe and thriving shared future. Rage is a necessary response to systems of oppression but impedes progress if it isn’t transformed into action. Imagination is essential to resisting the logics of colonialism and exploitation. Theory is a means of building collective wisdom. Longdon illuminates these and other principles, practices and teachings, highlighting the voices and stories of marginalised communities who have revolutionized the landscape of environmentalism, such as the Afro-Indigenous Brazilian quilombolas who fought to defend their ancestral lands, Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni Nine of Nigeria who lost their lives in the struggle against environmental destruction by fossil fuel giants, and the women of the Indian Himalayas who sparked a mass movement of nonviolent protest against deforestation by hugging trees. Along the way, this lyrical, provocative and deeply humane book interweaves powerfully resonant ideas from writers, philosophers, environmentalists, activists and other changemakers, such as Rebecca Solnit, Poppy Okotcha, Robert Macfarlane, Katherine May and Olafur Eliasson. Rooted in the profound knowledge that we only have each other and the earth itself, Natural Connection cultivates hope in growing a better future together." Joycelyn Longdon is an award-winning environmental justice technologist, writer and communicator. As a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, she investigates the design of justice-led conservation technologies. Featured in British Vogue’s December 2023 “Forces for Change” issue and a TEDx speaker, she has spoken and consulted for a broad range of organisations, including the United Nations, the Design Council and Greenpeace. A special event of the Princeton Environmental Film Festival. This event was recorded on eptember 30, 2026."

"This recording is presented by Princeton Public Library. The author launches "Madame Composer: The Virtuosic Genius of Clara Schumann" and presents an illustrated talk on the legendary pianist and composer. About the Books (from the publisher): A child prodigy equal to Mozart, Paganini called her a “genuine artist;” Goethe said “she plays with the strength of six boys.” She premiered the “unplayable” works of Chopin at age twelve and brought Bach fugues and Beethoven sonatas into the concert hall at sixteen. During her sixty-year career, she made Robert Schumann a household name and premiered Brahms’s famous “Lullaby.” Many critics—who dubbed her “Saint Cecilia,” “queen of the piano,” and a “priestess of art”—preferred her piano playing to her rival Franz Liszt. Why is her name not uttered in the breath as Liszt, Brahms, or Mozart today? In "Madame Composer," Sarah Fritz reveals how and why Clara Weick Schumann, a giant of Romantic music, has been diminished and sometimes deliberately obscured. By exposing the Nazi propaganda which buried Clara Schumann’s achievements, the power Clara once wielded in the industry comes to the fore. Fritz exposes the truth behind why Clara devoted her career to promoting men’s works instead of her own creations, even though her melodies were quoted in famous works by Brahms, Liszt, and others, which is revealed in print for the first time. Clara’s life was more fascinating than fiction. A neurodivergent child, she shared a forbidden love with the poor composer Robert Schumann, whose tragic death in an asylum left her a single parent of seven children. And her forty-year relationship with Brahms is one of the most important artist-mentor partnerships in cultural history yet has long been relegated to tabloid scandal. Filled with new discoveries and insight, Sarah Fritz’s fierce and dynamic "Madame Composer" is the definitive biography on a singular musical force and reveals Clara as a woman in full. About the Author: Sarah Fritz is a musicologist, mezzo-soprano, and music historian who’s contributed to the New York Times, given pre-concert talks for the Philadelphia Orchestra, and appears in the PBS documentary, "Mozart’s Sister." She runs the Clara Schumann Channel platform, dedicated to educating the public about women composers and performs with the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Symphonic Choir, including an appearance in the choir scene of the movie Maestro. Fritz teaches on the faculty of the Westminster Conservatory in Princeton, New Jersey. This event was recorded on September 29, 2026."

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