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We see that there really is nothing left to write about.
LATE ECHO John Ashbery Alone with our madness and favorite flower We see that there really is nothing left to write about. Or rather, it is necessary to write about the same old things In the same way, repeating the … Continue reading
The end of writing and reading will be the end of freedom
I recently read the impassioned defense of literature and reading (below) which was excerpted in the Washington Post from a commencement address by the American author Nicole Krauss. The end of writing and reading will be the end of freedom … Continue reading
Judging Books By
I recently stumbled on Matt Dorfman’s annual Ten Best list in the New York Times Book Review and was impressed by the terrific book covers. Here’s how Dorfman introduced the article: If most book cover designs are conceived as quick-to-metabolize … Continue reading
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Tagged Salman Rushdie, book cover design, book cover art, Jeff Vandermeer
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August arrives in the dark…etc.
“But most urgent on my list of appreciation are those of you who have welcomed my tunes into your lives, into your kitchens when you’re doing the dishes, in your bedrooms, in your courting and conceiving, into those nights of … Continue reading
My favorite story this month
It’s been a horribly depressing July here in the former colonies, but there was one story that lifted my spirits and gave me a moment of joy. Just ahead of the August fortieth anniversary of the release of the 1985 … Continue reading
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Tagged Paul Reubens, Pee-Wee Herman, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Tim Burton
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Flora and Fauna
The wonderful, eclectic webcomic site XKCD mapped the most observed plant and animal for all 50 US states as reported by iNaturalist users. I’m not surprised that bumble bees were such a popularly observed animal — the common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) … Continue reading
How well do you know your fairy tales
Most folks who grew up in the English-speaking know the fairy tale of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” In the story, an exasperating trespasser breaks into the home of three bears. The intruder eats their food and breaks furniture before … Continue reading
Pictures of the floating world
Regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages are well aware of my fondness for Japanese woodblock prints. I recently found an old link to the Library of Congress page with over 2500 hi-resolution scans of Japanese woodcuts on their site. … Continue reading
Stranger Than Kindness
A major donation by Australian singer and writer Nick Cave to an Oxfam bookshop in Hove on England’s south coast has drawn fans to browse the items from his personal library. The 2,000 volumes come from the recent Stranger Than Kindness art … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Music, Uncategorized
Tagged Brighton, England, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, secondhand bookshops
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Don’t Get Lost
The Underground Electric Company in London published this series of posters in 1925. The set was designed by Kathleen Stenning. Each bold image promotes catching the Tube to escape the predictably unpredictable English weather.
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Tagged London, London Underground, poster art, Public transport
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