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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Symptoms of Hibernating
Anais Nin : “You live…sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book…or you take a trip…and you discover that you are not living, that you are hibernating. The symptoms of hibernating are … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, South America, Writing
Tagged Anais Nin, Clarice Lispector, Paris, Simone de Beauvoir
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Our Kind of Hotel
Last year while I was under the delusion that I’d be taking a trip to Japan, I ran across a fantastic hotel in Nagoya called the Lamp Light Books Hotel. That amazing looking facility combined a bookstore, a 24-hour cafe, … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Hotels, Restaurants, Tourism
Tagged Books, Japan, Nagoya, Sapporo
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Flamboyant Gothic Meets Street Art
I love it when historical and modern art forms come together, so of course this amazing project caught my attention. To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the groundbreaking for the Santa Iglesia Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa María de Burgos … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, History, Tourism
Tagged Burgos, Gothic, Spain, Street Art
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Rules For Writers
A few years before his death at age 84, the beloved novelist, critic, essayist, raconteur, and academic Umberto Eco left us a tongue in cheek list of rules for writers. Those of us with any literary aspirations would do well … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Film, Writing
Tagged semiotics, The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
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Tourist Information
Last Spring, the Vienna-based Austrian artist group Steinbrener/Dempf & Huber installed the cliffhanger — a faux tourist information booth attached to the sheer rock face next to the scenic Mirafallen in Ötschhergräben Austria. The installation was designed to underscore the impact … Continue reading
We Lurk Late
The paper-cut puppetry video below was commissioned by the Poetry Foundation and created by Manual Cinema in association with Crescendo Literary, it animates a May 3, 1983 recording of Gwendolyn Brooks speaking during an Academy of American Poets reading series held at the Guggenheim Museum in … Continue reading
Watching the Detectives
I am always impressed by the brilliant graphic mash-ups created by LA-based renaissance man Todd Alcott. He continues to come up with clever takes on books and music in the form of pulp paperback covers and album art work. You … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Music
Tagged Bob Dylan, bookcovers, Chrissie Hynde, Prince, Pulp Fiction, Rolling Stones
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A Mild Case of Bibliomania
In this charming video below, Raymond Russell tells the story of his bibliomania, how his book collection has grown and changed over the years, and how it led to the founding of the Tartarus Press, which has published rare … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Book collecting, Britain, Fiction, Publishing
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