This post was written by Kathleen Collins. 

Will you join us for the second installment of the Spring 2026 Library Author Series? This one is quite graphic!

Medar de la Cruz is a Dominican-American cartoonist based in Brooklyn. A graduate of Art Center College of Design, he has illustrated for The New York Times and The New Yorker. He volunteers, providing book cart services at Rikers Island, and is a Pulitzer Prize winner for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary. His prize-winning article in the New Yorker, “Diary of a Rikers Island Library Worker,” is on its way to becoming a book.

He’ll talk with us about his writing process on Wednesday, March 4 in the Library Classroom during Community Hour (1:40 pm – 3:00 pm). The Classroom can be found on the Library’s upper level.

This in-person event is free to attend, but please reserve your seat.