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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Well, there's a skill, there's a "How do you function in society?" I just want us to be...

Well, there's a skill, there's a "How do you function in society?" I just want us to be aware of that, yeah

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Well, there's a skill,
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there's a "How do you function in society?"
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I just want us to be aware of that, yeah.
Duration
7 seconds
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16
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:59
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
And then it's changing, right, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
And then it's changing, right,
The bandwidth we secure for them now - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
The bandwidth we secure for them now
And the skills that you learn today - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:21
And the skills that you learn today
So it's not that broadband isn't crucial - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
So it's not that broadband isn't crucial
If we can widen the focus - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
If we can widen the focus
Look, this project succeeded because it got us to this point. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Look, this project succeeded because it got us to this...
I wanted to ask you - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
I wanted to ask you
Do I see myself as a political poet? - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Do I see myself as a political poet?
I mean you use, I mean, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:21
I mean you use, I mean,
Well, I think language is political, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
Well, I think language is political,
I think it was, um, Richard Wright who said - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
I think it was, um, Richard Wright who said
For me, I don't think the surface, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:21
For me, I don't think the surface,
Has that always been part of your style, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Has that always been part of your style,
I mean, it's part of your language, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I mean, it's part of your language,
I go back to Baldwin, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
I go back to Baldwin,
And I think perhaps the poet - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
And I think perhaps the poet
And there is a kind of innuendo, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
And there is a kind of innuendo,
What I mean by that is that - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:27
What I mean by that is that
It really takes me back - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
It really takes me back
Simplicity say that also in a way morphs - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
Simplicity say that also in a way morphs