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Category Archives: Writing
We trained some birds to steal their wheat
After a wonderful but all to brief road trip and light news diet, I spent some time catching up on world events. Sadly, the news of the day reminded me of the powerful Thomas Lux poem “The People of the … Continue reading
A Novel Way to Tell Time
The Author Clock by Mechanical Design Labs is a novel digital clock that uses quotes from well known books to tell the time. The clever timepiece lifts passages from hundreds of years of literature to provide quotes that refer to the exact … Continue reading
Meaning is a shaky edifice
Salman Rushdie // “But human beings do not perceive things whole; we are not gods but wounded creatures, cracked lenses, capable only of fractured perceptions. Partial beings, in all the senses of that phrase. Meaning is a shaky edifice we … Continue reading
The Parable of the Blind
“The Parable of the Blind” by William Carlos Williams This horrible but superb painting the parable of the blind without a red in the composition shows a group of beggars leading each other diagonally downward across the canvas from one … Continue reading
Posted in Art, USA, Writing
Tagged American Poets, Painting, Poetry, William Carlos Williams
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A Hieroglyphic Travel Guide
Regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages may recall that my niche market as a bookseller has long been travel guides and travel literature. I recently discovered this unique 1815 travel guide to Madeira and the Caribbean that is illustrated with … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, History, Maps, Writing
Tagged book illustration, Caribbean, Madeira, Travel Guidebooks
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Where do you find book recommendations
I don’t know about you, but I’m picky when it comes to book recommendations. It’s certainly helpful to have friends with highly developed reading tastes who make book suggestions. And of course there are the book review sections of trustworthy … Continue reading
Posted in apps, Books, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Bookshop, Brave New World, novels, Websites
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Illustration Chronicles
I recently discovered the amazing website Illustration Chronicles: which explores a history of illustration through the images, illustrators and events of the past 175 years. Periodically the editors select a topic to explore. These concepts, such as music, satire, war, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Books, Maps, Music, Writing
Tagged book illustration, Illustration, record covers
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“Ten percent of what I write is immortal”
You Never Had It – An Evening with Bukowski is a documentary from director Matteo Borgardt that transports you back to January 1981 for an intimate evening conversation with legendary writer and poet Charles Bukowski at his San Pedro home. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, USA, Writing
Tagged American Poets, Charles Bukowski, Documentary, poerty
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How many more times will you watch the full moon rise?
Death is always on the way, but the fact that you don’t know when it will arrive seems to take away from the finiteness of life. It’s that terrible precision that we hate so much. But because we don’t know, … Continue reading
Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote
Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote, the average book fits into the human hand with a seductive nestling, a kiss of texture, whether of cover cloth, glazed jacket, or flexible paperback. – John Updike Today is international Paperback Book … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Writing
Tagged Bookselling, Britain, paperbacks, Penguin, Publishing
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