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Category Archives: Books
Everyday Life
This time of the year most folks who visit the U.S. state of Vermont are on a leaf-peeping mission. However, there’s a little museum housed in an old barn that also deserves a detour. The Museum of Everyday Life is … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, History, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged New England, Philosophy, Vermont
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Saturday Sundries
Every festive season needs a traditional story. Autumn is no exception to this rule, so here’s the annual retelling of It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers. “I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get my hands on some … Continue reading
” I wish the world were ending tomorrow. “
Franz Kafka // I wish the world were ending tomorrow. Then I could take the next train, arrive at your doorstep…and say: ‘Come with me…we are going to love each other without scruples or fear or restraint. Because the world … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Writing
Tagged Albert Camus, Franza Kafka, Frida Khalo, Gilles Deleuze
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A library implies an act of faith
Opened in 1897 as the Chicago Public Library, the Chicago Cultural Center is housed in a beautiful Beaux-Arts building designed by George Foster Shepley, and opened in 1897. While the center is famous for its stunning Tiffany stained-glass domes, it … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Libraries, Tourism, USA
Tagged Chicago, stained glass, Tiffany
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I don’t need anything from here.
“I Don’t Need Anything from Here” by László Krasznahorkai translated by Ottilie Mulzet I would leave everything here: the valleys, the hills, the paths, and the jaybirds from the gardens, I would leave here the petcocks and the padres, heaven … Continue reading
The Invention of Fantasy
The Man Who Invented Fantasy All those wizards, ogres, and barely-clad elf queens in the bookstore? You have Lester del Rey to thank. by Dan Sinykin Lester del Rey wore 1950s-style horn-rimmed glasses, an unruly billy-goat beard, and his silver … Continue reading
Posted in Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Ballantine, Fantasy, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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thinking about burning the bookstore down
In the Bookstore By: Julia Vinograd I went down to the bookstore this evening and found myself in the poetry section. But for every thin book of poems there was a thick biography of the poet and an even thicker … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 