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Category Archives: Books
Writers Against Authoritarians
Writers Against Trump is an association of American authors and writers working together to oppose Mango Mussolini’s regime and re-election, and to encourage voter turnout. They are planning a series of post-election events on November 5, in partnership with several independent … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Freedom of Speech, History, USA, Writing
Tagged Brooklyn, City Lights Books, politics, progressive writers, San Francisco
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Help Save a Paris Landmark
I have had the pleasure of visiting Paris many times over the last 40 years. And ever time that I’m in Paris the iconic bookstore Shakespeare and Company is one of my first stops. Even if you have never been … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, History, Libraries
Tagged Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Paris, Shakespeare and Company
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You can judge these books by their covers
California-based artist Seth Bogart is a painter, designer, musician, and ceramic artist. TBTP reader Will tipped me to these very clever ceramic books and book covers from a recent series by Bogart. You can see more of these “hardcover” volumes … Continue reading
I shared a vagrant optimism
Hunter S. Thompson —”I shared a vagrant optimism that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top. At the same time, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, Poetry, Sylvia Plath, Toni Morrison
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Bookstore Tourism Philadelphia
It took a big leap of faith for the New York City bookshop Shakespeare & Co to open a branch in the high rent Philadelphia Center City Rittenhouse Square neighborhood two years ago. Somehow they’ve managed to hang on during these crazy … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA
Tagged Philadelphia, Rittenhouse Square, Shakespeare & Co
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Welcome to Planet Word
Last week a long-awaited new museum opened in Washington, D.C. that will be a must-see destination for readers and language lovers. Planet Word is promoted as “a revolutionary museum dedicated to the power, beauty, and fun of language and to … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, History, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged language, Washington D.C
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Writers Not Writing
Posted in Books, History, Photography, Writing
Tagged Albert Camus, Ernest Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut, William S. Burroughs
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Travel Between The Pages 