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Category Archives: USA
It’s Edgar Allan Poe Season
There are many excellent illustrated volumes of Edgar Allan Poe stories, but this 1944 edition with illustrations by German-American artist Fritz Eichenberg is special. Eichenberg was a German artist who emigrated to America in the 1930s; his speciality was wood … Continue reading
nostalgie de la bibliothèque
While checking out book blogs I stumbled on a reference to “Spooks and Spirits and Shadowy Shapes” , featuring wonderfully atmospheric, period illustrations by Robert L. Doremus. Certainly not the most interesting Halloween reading, but personally significant as I remember … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged book illustration, Halloween, Holidays
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to keep my own heart free of hatred and despair
It began to seem that one would have to hold in the mind forever two ideas which seemed to be in opposition. The first idea was acceptance, the acceptance, totally without rancor, of life as it is, and men as … Continue reading
Tudor Books
Recently, my favorite museum in North America the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City opened an impressive new exhibition, The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. Spanning King Henry VII’s seizure of the throne in 1485 to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged Henry VIII, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Tudors
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The Right to Read
In response to the ongoing rightwing hysteria of school students free access to books Federal legislation was introduced last week that would expand access to school libraries and codify student First Amendment Rights. The Right to Read Act (S. 5064 and H.R. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged book banning, censorship
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Room to Swing
It’s always good news when the U.S. Library of Congress announces the release of a reissued classic. The Library of Congress Crime Classics series features some of the finest American crime writing from the 1860s to the 1960s. Drawn from the Library’s … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged crime fiction, Library of Congress, Noir
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It’s That Shirley Jackson Time of the Year
Like most U.S. students of my generation I was introduced to the work of Shirley Jackson through her story “The Lottery.” A small town in Vermont is the setting for “The Lottery,” and the town square where the locals gather … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, USA, Writing
Tagged Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House, The Lottery
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Mushroom Season
MUSHROOMS by Sylvia Plath Overnight, very Whitely, discreetly, Very quietly Our toes, our noses Take hold on the loam, Acquire the air. Nobody sees us, Stops us, betrays us; The small grains make room. Soft fists insist on Heaving the … Continue reading
This took me back to childhood
It’s always a bit serendipitous when one randomly discovers a blog post on a book that transports one right back to childhood. This copy of ROBIN HOOD by Paul Creswick. (Philadelphia: McKay, 1917), illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, was one of the volumes … Continue reading
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Tagged book illustration, Jules Verne, N.C. Wyeth, Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island
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