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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
A Love Letter To New York
Photographer Jonathan Higbee describes his ongoing street photography project Coincidences as a “love letter to New York City”. Higbee’s paean to his adopted hometown documents serendipitous moments of people on the streets of the city. Although the images sometimes seem posed or … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography, Tourism, USA
Tagged Manhattan, New York City, street photography
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Travelers, Bibliophiles and Digital Nomads Welcome
The Japanese bookstore and retail electronics chain Tsutaya recently opened an innovative concept store in Tokyo’s Shinjuku District. The six-story Tsutay Book Apartment includes co-working spaces, a bookshop, short stay accommodations, a Starbucks, quiet lounges, a sake bar, a convenience … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Tourism
Tagged co-working, digital nomads, Shinjuku, Tokyo
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The Shapes of Stories
The always spot on cartoonist Grant Snider created this terrific graphic representation of Kurt Vonnegut’s timeless lecture on the shapes of stories.
Posted in Art, Books, Film, USA, Writing
Tagged Cartoons, Grant Snider, Kurt Vonnegut
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Bowie In Brooklyn
Tomorrow the critically acclaimed traveling exhibition David Bowie is will open at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. The retrospective on the late artist’s five-decade career began at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in August 2013 and has been touring ever … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Film, Museums, Music, Photography, Tourism, USA
Tagged Brooklyn Museum, David Bowie, New York, NYC
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Imagination Library
You probably know Dolly Parton as a country singer and actress, but you may not be aware that she is a philanthropist and huge supporter of childhood literacy programs. In 1995, she launched Imagination Library, a literacy program that mails … Continue reading
Are We There Yet ?
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Margaret Atwood, Philip K Dick, Philip Roth, Ray Bradbury, Sinclair Lewis
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of seeking or finding
Talking about Walt Whitman this week with my friend L. sent we searching for a remembered short poem about the great man by another favorite writer Langston Hughes.
Posted in Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Langston Hughes, Poetry, Thomas Eakins, Walt Whitman
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We Miss Them So Much
Earlier this month, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery unveiled the official portraits of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. I wasn’t much impressed by the images of the paintings that I saw … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Museums, USA
Tagged National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C
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