Julia Cooke — Starry and Restless: Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World
Julia Cooke presents her book examining three women who transformed twentieth-century American culture, work, and literary life.
Why we picked this
Three overlooked women who shaped how Americans work, write, and think — the kind of hidden history that reframes what you thought you knew.
Julia Cooke introduces audiences to three extraordinary women whose influence rippled across twentieth-century American life in ways most people never learned about. Her new book traces how these figures reshaped the landscape of work, writing, and cultural production during a period of seismic change.
Cooke is a writer whose work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian, and The Atlantic. This evening at the New York Society Library offers both an in-person and virtual experience, with Cooke unpacking the research behind her biographical project and the surprising connections between her three subjects.
The event is part of the Library’s regular author series, which consistently draws speakers working at the intersection of narrative nonfiction and social history.