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Monthly Archives: July 2026
Eventide
Mary Ruefle erasure of Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” Carl Jung once wrote: “Thoroughly unprepared we take the step into the afternoon of life; worse still, we take this step with the false assumption that our truths … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Carl Jung, Robert Frost, American Poets, Mary Ruefle
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“Luceros y Penumbras” (Starlight and Shadows)
With original art created by Los Angeles artist and printmaker Daniel González, paper engineering by Matthew Reinhart, and full scale engineering and fabrication by Goodnight & Co., this ambitious feat of scale and storytelling constructed in the Rotunda of the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Los Angeles, Los Angeles Public Library, pop-up books
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The old that is strong does not wither
It was on this date in 1954 that The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic The Lord of the Rings, was published in the UK. Seventy-two years later, Tolkien’s masterpiece continues to captivate readers, inspire filmmakers, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bilbo, Frodo, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings
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More Stuff You Want To See ?
Peter Guillam and his daughter have used the Claude LLM to create a tool for mapping characters’ journeys in novels, PlotLines. He writes about the process here. His other tools include a Hansard search and a map of redundant churches. “You’d see massive glacier … Continue reading
Sunday, Sundry Sunday
By the time the weekend rolls around, I always seem to have dozens of new websites and stories bookmarked. Some I manage to return to and some just get eventually deleted. Any road, here are some of this week’s survivors. … Continue reading
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Tagged John Waters, Leste, Mary Oliver, Rome, Song of the Sky
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Novelists opening bookshops is a thing
Joining a growing list of authors who have recently gotten into the book biz, novelist Matt Haig, whose bestselling books include The Midnight Library and Reasons to Stay Alive, will be launching the Golden Bookshop later this year in the Seven Dials neighborhood of Brighton, England, … Continue reading
Pindakaasvloer Redux
In honor of Dutch conceptual artist Wim T. Schippers, who passed away in June, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has brought back his most famous work, the peanut butter floor. Schippers was known for his silly and absurdist artworks, as well … Continue reading
Tokyo Sounds
By pure serendipity I happened to stumble upon a documentary about the catchy little melodies that the train stations in Tokyo play when a train pulls in to a platform. This lucky find happened before I visited Tokyo, so I … Continue reading
Is the Age of Reading really over
The Atlantic’s August-issue cover story by staff writer Rose Horowitch “The Age of Reading Is Over” argues that humanity is heading into a post-literate era: one where the greatest number of people are capable of deciphering text, but where a … Continue reading
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