Author Talk: Dorothy Lazard
November 3, 2026 | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Dorothy Lazard, a former Oakland Librarian, will talk about her book Behind the Desk at the Main.
dorothylazard.com
In the Doña Benicia Room.
Dorothy Lazard is a writer, public historian, and former librarian. She is celebrated for her library career at the Oakland Main Library and for her 2023 memoir, What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World, that tells the story of her youth in the Bay Area of the 1960s and ’70s, connecting her early intellectual pursuits to the career that made her a community pillar.
Her new book, Behind the Desk at the Main, delves into her twenty-year career at the Oakland Main Library. Come and hear Dorothy talk about her latest release, with books available for purchase.