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Category Archives: USA
Travel Guidebook News
Well it was inevitable, the co-stars and co-creators of the sweet and wacky sketch comedy show Portlandia Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen have a book deal. Grand Central Publishing, a Hachette imprint, will release PORTLANDIA: A Guide for Visitors this … Continue reading
Hot Bagels for Breakfast
Who doesn’t love a hot bagel? Never had a bagel? So sad for you. This wonderful short film is from the Brooklyn Public Library film archives. Filmed in the heart of Brooklyn, New York during the 1970s, the film is … Continue reading
Posted in Film, History, Libraries, USA
Tagged Bagel, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Public Library, Cream cheese, New York
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Watermelon Sugar
Monday would have been iconic 60s writer Richard Brautigan‘s 77th birthday. No one seems to be reading Brautigan these days. What a pity; his work has so much to offer. This Youtube video of his daughter Ianthe reading from Brautigan’s … Continue reading
America’s Most Literate Cities
For the second consecutive year, Washington, D.C. , has been ranked as the most literate city in the country, according to an annual statistical survey from Connecticut Central State University in New Britain. Here is the top 10 for the … Continue reading
Deutschland Joins World Book Night
Germany has become the third country to join the World Book Night celebrations. Started in the UK last year, World Book Night will take place this year on April 23rd and is centered on the give-away of millions of books … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Germany, Stiftung Lesen, World Book Night
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Free Art Books
The fabulous Guggenheim Museum in New York City recently made sixty-five classic artists’ catalogs and art texts available for free online. This treasuretrove offers many impossible to find historic catalogs from such giants as Kandinsky, Klee, Schiele, Klimt, Calder, Munch … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, Museums, USA, Writing
Tagged Calder, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, New York City, Paul Klee, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Wassily Kandinsky
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Eye of America
For his audacious new project, Vanishing Cultures, Chicago photographer Dennis Manarchy is traveling around the United States creating astonishing, one-of-a-kind portraits of Americans who represent the vanishing cultures of the nation. Manarchy has created an amazing 35-foot-long camera called “Eye … Continue reading
Boston’s Newest Jewel
Yesterday, the stunning new addition to Boston’s wonderful Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was officially opened to the general public. Designed by the Italian architectural studio Renzo Piano, the extension houses a new 2,000 square-foot exhibition space, a stylish cafe, a … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged Art Museums, Boston, Decorative arts, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Museums, Renzo Piano
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Buy Where You Shop
Our friends at the amazing family-owned, indie Harvard Book Store located in the very heart of Cambridge, MA have produced this humorous, but guilt-inducing little video to urge book buyers to stop using indie bookstores as showrooms to browse for … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Amazon, Cambridge, Cambridge Massachusetts, Harvard Book Store, Independent bookstore
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