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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
When Museumgoers Gotta Go
Over the years I’ve visited hundreds of museums in dozens of countries and I’ve seen my share of museum bathrooms. Many are unmemorable institutional facilities, but many are worthy design destinations. The American Alliance of Museums polled their members on their favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Museums, USA
Tagged Art Museums, Baltimore Museum of Art, Mass MoCA, SFMOMA, Vienna
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The Very Definition of Irony
Even if you do not live in North America you are probably aware that the United States has been experiencing a wave of book bannings and attempts by a vocal neo-Fascist Christian Nationalist minority to censor both library books … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, History, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged censorship, racism, Texas
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We trained some birds to steal their wheat
After a wonderful but all to brief road trip and light news diet, I spent some time catching up on world events. Sadly, the news of the day reminded me of the powerful Thomas Lux poem “The People of the … Continue reading
A Novel Way to Tell Time
The Author Clock by Mechanical Design Labs is a novel digital clock that uses quotes from well known books to tell the time. The clever timepiece lifts passages from hundreds of years of literature to provide quotes that refer to the exact … Continue reading
Worst Airline Meal Ever
Travel writer Miriam Porter recently reported on a very disappointing meal experience while flying Air Canada from Frankfurt to Toronto. Although she had pre-ordered vegan meals for the 10 hour flight a month in advance, when meal time came she … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Canada, Europe, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Air Canada, Airline meal, Toronto
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Life Jackets
The renowned Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has created a wall from 2,000 life jackets that were discarded by Syrian refugees while attempting to escape the war in their homeland by crossing the Aegean Sea as part of an installation … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Canada, Europe, Middle East
Tagged Ai Weiwei, art installations, Quebec City, refugees, Syria
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The Swimmer
I’ve just returned from a short road trip that took me to barrier island towns on the Atlantic coast from Delaware to Virginia. While I was staying in the lovely town of Fenwick Island in Delaware, I noticed the same … Continue reading
Meaning is a shaky edifice
Salman Rushdie // “But human beings do not perceive things whole; we are not gods but wounded creatures, cracked lenses, capable only of fractured perceptions. Partial beings, in all the senses of that phrase. Meaning is a shaky edifice we … Continue reading
Bookstore Tourism: Secret Bookshop Brooklyn
Hidden within an iconic New York City bodega in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood you can find the newly launched Burnt Books. No secret passwords or handshakes are required to browse their stock of secondhand and collectible books; you just need find … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Tourism, USA
Tagged bodegas, Bookselling, Brooklyn, Greenpoint, New York City
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