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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Anywhere, Anytime
This is a comic series about all those weird things we readers do. Script by The Wild Detectives Illustrations by Laura Pacheco
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen”
I was recently surprised and intrigued to read that the estate of George Orwell has approved a feminist retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four, which reimagines the story from the perspective of Winston Smith’s lover Julia. In the iconic dystopian novel, Smith … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Airstrip-one, Big Brother, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
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The Perfect Holiday Gift For Someone On Your List
Miller High Life’s Gingerbread Dive Bar Kit brings the best of the holiday season together : arts & crafts, gingerbread, dive bars and beer. Almost everyone loves a good gingerbread house and building one is a wonderful seasonal activity. But maybe it’s … Continue reading
It’s only in my dreams that I am so sinister
(Friday, June 11, 1920) It’s only in my dreams that I am so sinister. Recently I had another dream about you, it was a big dream, but I hardly remember a thing. I was in Vienna, I don’t recall anything … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Austria, Franz Kafka, letters, Milena Jesenski, Prague, Vienna
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Oddest Book of the Year
Is Superman Circumcised? faced some stiff competion but it won the 2021 Diagram Prize for Oddest Book of the Year after garnering a 51% share of the public vote. The book—an academic study on the Jewish origins of the iconic DC … Continue reading
Lost and Found
“Last Stop For Lost Property” (below) is a short film by Peruvian filmmaker Vincente Cueto that offers a sentimental look at items that were lost in the New York City subway and bus system and found at a later time. … Continue reading
The house was quiet and the world was calm.
If you are looking for a holiday gift for the bibliophiles in your life the Everyman’s Library recently published a splendid new volume in its Pocket Poets series, Books and Libraries: Poems. The 272-page anthology, with gorgeous jacket art, includes … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Writing
Tagged Emily Dickinson, Poetry, Reading, Wallace Stevens
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Love, Desire, Death
In the fascinating video below, Peter Schade, the Head of the Framing department at Britain’s National Gallery, shows the process of creating six huge matching frames for the Titian: Love Desire Death exhibition. Matthias Wivel, Curator of 16th-century Italian paintings, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Film, History, Museums
Tagged National Gallery, Painting, Titian
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