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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
The Kind of Books They Read
William Carlos Williams
Amsterdam Gumshoe
Every year, the city of Amsterdam spends millions of euros cleaning up tons of used chewing gum. To bring attention to this disgusting and expensive problem, the Iamsterdam tourism marketing organization collaborated with the Gumdrop company, design firm Explicit Wear, and Publicis One to … Continue reading
Reading Nook
French artist Thierry Mandon uses video, performance art, and installations to reflect on the poetic nature of everyday existence with a twist of absurdist humor.
Bookstore Tourism: Rome
I don’t remember if I found the Open Door Bookshop on my first or second visit to Rome, but I do recall meeting the store’s founder the writer and journalist Charles Nopar. Secluded on a lovely street in the picture-postcard … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Bookselling, Italy, Rome, Trastevere
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Americain En France
A French “reading and conversation book” for American soldiers prepared upon the entry of the United States into the First World War. This volume belonged to David S. Blondheim, at that time an associate professor of French and later a professor … Continue reading
Get Thee To A Bookshop
Today is Independent Bookstore Day across the United States. It’s an annual party to celebrate independent bookstores, authors, readers, and literacy. If you are in the U.S., you can find one of the 500+ participating indies right here. All of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, ebooks, USA, Writing
Tagged Bookshops, indie bookstores
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Literary Road Trip
You might not agree with all of the choices that Mike Nudelman made for this literary map of the U.S. —I certainly didn’t—but it’s a good effort.
Posted in Books, Maps, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Cormac McCarthy, John Grisham, Mark Twain, Sinclair Lewis, Stephen King
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Helsinki Rebranded
I was surprised to discover that up until very recently Helsinki never had a single or consistent brand system. Last summer, Finland’s capital finally commissioned the creative group Werklig to develop a contemporary brand design that would work across all … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, History, Tourism
Tagged Finland, Graphic design, Helsinki, Nordic travel
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Book Power
BOOK POWER by Gwendolyn Brooks BOOKS FEED AND CURE AND CHORTLE AND COLLIDE In all this willful world of thud and thump and thunder man’s relevance to books continues to declare. Books are meat and medicine and flame and flight … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Children's literature, Gwendolyn Brooks, Poetry
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Travel Between The Pages 