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A Marathon Reading of The Power Broker

Thu, Nov 12 – Sun, Nov 15, 2026

Black and white ink poster reading The Power Broker, A Marathon Reading, Judgy Baby, Nov 2026, showing an elevated highway on concrete piers above a building and an open copy of the book by Robert A. Caro

Thu, Nov 12, 7 pm: Reading begins, with several notable readers
Thu–Sun: Continues in 10-minute increments around the clock
Sun, midday: Anticipated conclusion

Four hundred readers will bring The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro to life in the first-ever marathon reading of the classic New York book on the life of Robert Moses. Starting on Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 7 pm with several notable readers, the reading will continue in 10-minute increments around the clock, with an anticipated Sunday midday conclusion.

Over 1,700 people applied for a chance to read. Those reader applicants selected to read in the marathon will receive a confirmation email with further details in early October. Stay tuned for additional details on free audience access and opportunities to volunteer with the marathon reading crew.

Readers

Thursday, Nov 12

Thursday’s readers will be announced soon.

Friday, Nov 13

Midnight–1 am

  1. Midnight–12:10 amJason Lopez
  2. 12:10–12:20 amKesi Johnson
  3. 12:20–12:30 amJayden Mann
  4. 12:30–12:40 amJuno Sanchez
  5. 12:40–12:50 amAndrew Gustafson
  6. 12:50–1:00 amDaniel Di Bartolo

1–2 am

  1. 1:00–1:10 amMarian Toy
  2. 1:10–1:20 amBrian Dentz
  3. 1:20–1:30 amGianina Yumul
  4. 1:30–1:40 amAstrid Rojas
  5. 1:40–1:50 amYvonne Pan
  6. 1:50–2:00 amNorah Rawn

2–3 am

  1. 2:00–2:10 amJonathan Alexandratos
  2. 2:10–2:20 amSarah Ritzmann
  3. 2:20–2:30 amAlejandro Ortiz
  4. 2:30–2:40 amSarah Nguyen
  5. 2:40–2:50 amLucy Daro
  6. 2:50–3:00 amKerry Kennedy

3–4 am

  1. 3:00–3:10 amFay Cope
  2. 3:10–3:20 amSvetlana Didorenko
  3. 3:20–3:30 amChris Grimmick
  4. 3:30–3:40 amEl Mischinski
  5. 3:40–3:50 amWilliam Moore
  6. 3:50–4:00 amLuna Martinez

4–5 am

  1. 4:00–4:10 amHallie Sebastian
  2. 4:10–4:20 amToka Dudko
  3. 4:20–4:30 amChris Whittelsey
  4. 4:30–4:40 amCalvin Harrison
  5. 4:40–4:50 amSal Kimura
  6. 4:50–5:00 amLindsay Jones

5–6 am

  1. 5:00–5:10 amMadeline Kalil
  2. 5:10–5:20 amSean Pethybridge
  3. 5:20–5:30 amHeather Isiminger
  4. 5:30–5:40 amBen Hammersley
  5. 5:40–5:50 amKaylie Moropoulos
  6. 5:50–6:00 amAhalya Ramgopal

6–7 am

  1. 6:00–6:10 amSean O'Rourke
  2. 6:10–6:20 amJohanna von Maack
  3. 6:20–6:30 amJeffrey Cadavid
  4. 6:30–6:40 amLucas Ferrer
  5. 6:40–6:50 amPatrick Brady
  6. 6:50–7:00 amRachel Shim

7–8 am

  1. 7:00–7:10 amJonathan Sachs
  2. 7:10–7:20 amJenny Choi
  3. 7:20–7:30 amMarina Heung
  4. 7:30–7:40 amMatt Luis
  5. 7:40–7:50 amSabrina Sullivan
  6. 7:50–8:00 amSuzanne Maria Menghraj

8–9 am

  1. 8:00–8:10 amLaura Feyer
  2. 8:10–8:20 amAndrew Gounardes
  3. 8:20–8:30 amJack McKenzie
  4. 8:30–8:40 amMiriam Sicherman
  5. 8:40–8:50 amClaudia Zhu
  6. 8:50–9:00 amPaul Beban

9–10 am

  1. 9:00–9:10 amJamie Lamchick
  2. 9:10–9:20 amVincent Marano
  3. 9:20–9:30 amLorelei Schroeter
  4. 9:30–9:40 amKatie Bishop
  5. 9:40–9:50 amRob Byrnes
  6. 9:50–10:00 amSam Jinishian

10–11 am

  1. 10:00–10:10 amRobin Hirsch
  2. 10:10–10:20 amK.O. Campbell
  3. 10:20–10:30 amAndrew Richter
  4. 10:30–10:40 amCarter Craft
  5. 10:40–10:50 amEllen Halliday
  6. 10:50–11:00 amKatarina Jerinic

11 am–Noon

  1. 11:00–11:10 amAnne Garner
  2. 11:10–11:20 amCallie Orsini
  3. 11:20–11:30 amTony Robinson
  4. 11:30–11:40 amLaurie Garrett
  5. 11:40–11:50 amMaria Huiza
  6. 11:50 am–NoonDeb Murphy

Noon–1 pm

  1. Noon–12:10 pmBrian Sweeney
  2. 12:10–12:20 pmSapna Advani
  3. 12:20–12:30 pmJordan Gass-Poore
  4. 12:30–12:40 pmJen Chick
  5. 12:40–12:50 pmPeter Knox
  6. 12:50–1:00 pmAndrew Schrijver

1–2 pm

  1. 1:00–1:10 pmElizabeth Moore
  2. 1:10–1:20 pmEunice Park
  3. 1:20–1:30 pmJeff Coltin
  4. 1:30–1:40 pmStanley Greenberg
  5. 1:40–1:50 pmCullen Brown
  6. 1:50–2:00 pmLisa Alpert

2–3 pm

  1. 2:00–2:10 pmAnthony Alaimo
  2. 2:10–2:20 pmJosef Szende
  3. 2:20–2:30 pmJami Floyd
  4. 2:30–2:40 pmTracy Thorne
  5. 2:40–2:50 pmRachel Miller
  6. 2:50–3:00 pmFrancie Scanlon

3–4 pm

  1. 3:00–3:10 pmRyan Radulovacki
  2. 3:10–3:20 pmFinola Keyes
  3. 3:20–3:30 pmCalloway Korbisch
  4. 3:30–3:40 pmJohn Oakes
  5. 3:40–3:50 pmMoses Gates
  6. 3:50–4:00 pmMatilda Ann Fleming

4–5 pm

  1. 4:00–4:10 pmJulie Turley
  2. 4:10–4:20 pmBlaine Campbell
  3. 4:20–4:30 pmHannah Krueger
  4. 4:30–4:40 pmTevi Brown
  5. 4:40–4:50 pmClaire Aubin
  6. 4:50–5:00 pmAnne Lange

5–6 pm

  1. 5:00–5:10 pmFrank Lovece
  2. 5:10–5:20 pmNina Tinikashvili
  3. 5:20–5:30 pmThomas Lynch
  4. 5:30–5:40 pmSunaina Rao
  5. 5:40–5:50 pmBen Rappaport
  6. 5:50–6:00 pmAndrew Berman

6–7 pm

  1. 6:00–6:10 pmMartha Southgate
  2. 6:10–6:20 pmGersh Kuntzman
  3. 6:20–6:30 pmArvin Kim
  4. 6:30–6:40 pmSarah Royal
  5. 6:40–6:50 pmAndrew Breslauer
  6. 6:50–7:00 pmNicole Rosengurt

7–8 pm

  1. 7:00–7:10 pmVanck Zhu
  2. 7:10–7:20 pmAlexander Hotz
  3. 7:20–7:30 pmCintia Shamsu
  4. 7:30–7:40 pmAaron Asis
  5. 7:40–7:50 pmZainab Firdausi
  6. 7:50–8:00 pmCindy Quillinan

8–9 pm

  1. 8:00–8:10 pmShana Caro
  2. 8:10–8:20 pmDaniel Wortel-London
  3. 8:20–8:30 pmAllison Skopec
  4. 8:30–8:40 pmKatie Way
  5. 8:40–8:50 pmIndrani Maitra
  6. 8:50–9:00 pmMatthew Wray-Martinez

9–10 pm

  1. 9:00–9:10 pmCassidy Wray-Martinez
  2. 9:10–9:20 pmEmily Spokowski
  3. 9:20–9:30 pmAlan Chen
  4. 9:30–9:40 pmMars Nevada
  5. 9:40–9:50 pmMelanie Harster
  6. 9:50–10:00 pmDavid Wang

10–11 pm

  1. 10:00–10:10 pmMaria Nally
  2. 10:10–10:20 pmPJ Nally
  3. 10:20–10:30 pmDaniel Cooper
  4. 10:30–10:40 pmMaura McDermott
  5. 10:40–10:50 pmEmma Graves Fitzsimmons
  6. 10:50–11:00 pmJules Vigorito

11 pm–Midnight

  1. 11:00–11:10 pmReynaldo Piniella
  2. 11:10–11:20 pmKate Brown
  3. 11:20–11:30 pmToby Sillman
  4. 11:30–11:40 pmIngrid Nilsen
  5. 11:40–11:50 pmJulia Fisher
  6. 11:50 pm–MidnightDaniel Heredia

Saturday, Nov 14

Midnight–1 am

  1. Midnight–12:10 amErik Seims
  2. 12:10–12:20 amJazmine Hughes
  3. 12:20–12:30 amDavid Winston
  4. 12:30–12:40 amCatherine Baum
  5. 12:40–12:50 amRyan Dunton
  6. 12:50–1:00 amAnatole Shukla

1–2 am

  1. 1:00–1:10 amEmily Flood
  2. 1:10–1:20 amTom Smigel
  3. 1:20–1:30 amRegina Morales
  4. 1:30–1:40 amMax Jones
  5. 1:40–1:50 amBrandon Montes
  6. 1:50–2:00 amVictoria Alexander

2–3 am

  1. 2:00–2:10 amCarter Rummage
  2. 2:10–2:20 amWill T.
  3. 2:20–2:30 amNatalie Taktachev
  4. 2:30–2:40 amSandip Srinivas
  5. 2:40–2:50 amMadison McAllister
  6. 2:50–3:00 amTimothy Leonard

3–4 am

  1. 3:00–3:10 amNivardo Lopez
  2. 3:10–3:20 amSuzie Baer
  3. 3:20–3:30 amAiden Flannigan
  4. 3:30–3:40 amDaniel Pecoraro
  5. 3:40–3:50 amMeg Rosenberg
  6. 3:50–4:00 amMichelle Smith

4–5 am

  1. 4:00–4:10 amGriffin Perrault
  2. 4:10–4:20 amMathew Lee
  3. 4:20–4:30 amTresa Rentler
  4. 4:30–4:40 amZachary Newman
  5. 4:40–4:50 amAlexander Bartiromo
  6. 4:50–5:00 amAllie Gordon

5–6 am

  1. 5:00–5:10 amEmily Sun
  2. 5:10–5:20 amJay Mahabal
  3. 5:20–5:30 amAndrew Gilbert
  4. 5:30–5:40 amJess Sheng
  5. 5:40–5:50 amJasper Davidoff
  6. 5:50–6:00 amBen Platt

6–7 am

  1. 6:00–6:10 amJoshua Jones
  2. 6:10–6:20 amDavid Joerg
  3. 6:20–6:30 amJustin Wright
  4. 6:30–6:40 amElia Cope
  5. 6:40–6:50 amVincent Antista
  6. 6:50–7:00 amEvan Saunders

7–8 am

  1. 7:00–7:10 amNancy Kangas
  2. 7:10–7:20 amRyan Davidson
  3. 7:20–7:30 amRobert Bischof
  4. 7:30–7:40 amYun Lee
  5. 7:40–7:50 amJordan Snow
  6. 7:50–8:00 amChris Enright

8–9 am

  1. 8:00–8:10 amReed Reeder
  2. 8:10–8:20 amNeel Dhanesha
  3. 8:20–8:30 amKristin McCollum
  4. 8:30–8:40 amRose Latino
  5. 8:40–8:50 amDavid Brand
  6. 8:50–9:00 amScott Shomburg

9–10 am

  1. 9:00–9:10 amSeth Hillinger
  2. 9:10–9:20 amShephathiah Townsend
  3. 9:20–9:30 amSarah Newkirk
  4. 9:30–9:40 amDavid McCreery
  5. 9:40–9:50 amMaddox Kay
  6. 9:50–10:00 amTarik Bolat

10–11 am

  1. 10:00–10:10 amPatrick Love
  2. 10:10–10:20 amIsmael Ramirez
  3. 10:20–10:30 amMatt Fogel
  4. 10:30–10:40 amErin Johnson
  5. 10:40–10:50 amDustin Goldman
  6. 10:50–11:00 amPatricia Rojas

11 am–Noon

  1. 11:00–11:10 amAlex Augustyniak
  2. 11:10–11:20 amAugust Du Pont
  3. 11:20–11:30 amLiz Fallon
  4. 11:30–11:40 amTheodore Zang
  5. 11:40–11:50 amEthan Mulligan
  6. 11:50 am–NoonNolan Hicks

Noon–1 pm

  1. Noon–12:10 pmJim Baker
  2. 12:10–12:20 pmJulia Gordon
  3. 12:20–12:30 pmAiza Shahid Quereshi
  4. 12:30–12:40 pmArlene Schulman
  5. 12:40–12:50 pmAmanda Tucker
  6. 12:50–1:00 pmVito Emanuel

1–2 pm

  1. 1:00–1:10 pmChristina Buccola
  2. 1:10–1:20 pmAminatou Sow
  3. 1:20–1:30 pmBrett Moses
  4. 1:30–1:40 pmMaeve Keirans
  5. 1:40–1:50 pmRobert Groppe
  6. 1:50–2:00 pmYasaman Mansoori

2–3 pm

  1. 2:00–2:10 pmSimona Riccardi
  2. 2:10–2:20 pmChristopher Luke
  3. 2:20–2:30 pmMihai Ciocan
  4. 2:30–2:40 pmTheadora Paulucci
  5. 2:40–2:50 pmSergio Maggi
  6. 2:50–3:00 pmMay Yeung

3–4 pm

  1. 3:00–3:10 pmBlake Williams
  2. 3:10–3:20 pmZanib Ahmad
  3. 3:20–3:30 pmEmily Hoberla
  4. 3:30–3:40 pmMeredith Mann
  5. 3:40–3:50 pmJames Langan
  6. 3:50–4:00 pmAnanda Zhu

4–5 pm

  1. 4:00–4:10 pmEmerson Graves
  2. 4:10–4:20 pmYossi Nachemi
  3. 4:20–4:30 pmCampbell Munn
  4. 4:30–4:40 pmZora Tucker
  5. 4:40–4:50 pmSimeon Bankoff
  6. 4:50–5:00 pmSolveig Entwhistle

5–6 pm

  1. 5:00–5:10 pmViolet Barton
  2. 5:10–5:20 pmEric Glide
  3. 5:20–5:30 pmArjun Sanya
  4. 5:30–5:40 pmJesse Ortiz
  5. 5:40–5:50 pmJohn Blake Wolf
  6. 5:50–6:00 pmEmma Halpern

6–7 pm

  1. 6:00–6:10 pmEthan Fudge
  2. 6:10–6:20 pmThomas Gilroy
  3. 6:20–6:30 pmZack Silver
  4. 6:30–6:40 pmMeera Kumar
  5. 6:40–6:50 pmCaleb Sansoucy
  6. 6:50–7:00 pmRobert Koch

7–8 pm

  1. 7:00–7:10 pmJoshua Waterman
  2. 7:10–7:20 pmGabriella Perez-Hernandez
  3. 7:20–7:30 pmMolly Crane-Newman
  4. 7:30–7:40 pmEnje Qassab
  5. 7:40–7:50 pmJoel Mosbacher
  6. 7:50–8:00 pmMason Pettit

8–9 pm

  1. 8:00–8:10 pmKaterina Athanasiou
  2. 8:10–8:20 pmMarios Athanasiou
  3. 8:20–8:30 pmRachel Kambury
  4. 8:30–8:40 pmAngus Andrea Grieve-Smith
  5. 8:40–8:50 pmAllie Gassaway
  6. 8:50–9:00 pmMM De Vow

9–10 pm

  1. 9:00–9:10 pmLesley Braver
  2. 9:10–9:20 pmRo Redfern-Taube
  3. 9:20–9:30 pmJacob Spiegel
  4. 9:30–9:40 pmLucia Geng
  5. 9:40–9:50 pmSaman Behbahani
  6. 9:50–10:00 pmGordon Rothman

10–11 pm

  1. 10:00–10:10 pmPeter Bernhagen
  2. 10:10–10:20 pmSylvain Souklaye
  3. 10:20–10:30 pmAdam Agata
  4. 10:30–10:40 pmEvan Engel
  5. 10:40–10:50 pmMelissa Anderson
  6. 10:50–11:00 pmCiara Stein

11 pm–Midnight

  1. 11:00–11:10 pmBen Dech
  2. 11:10–11:20 pmAndrew Jansen
  3. 11:20–11:30 pmSam Wilson
  4. 11:30–11:40 pmKristen Meinzer
  5. 11:40–11:50 pmRish Sinha
  6. 11:50 pm–MidnightMonica Castillo

Sunday, Nov 15

Sunday’s readers will be announced soon.