It’s getting closer to Christmas, and these are some more items I’d recommend for you and yours. I’m afraid I didn’t have time to go through and write-up thoughts on each, but I find them all exciting. 1. Postertext Wall Art This team of bibliophiles have created dozens of pieces of wall art out of
Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Rebecca Curtis’s “The Christmas Miracle” was originally published in the December 23 & 30, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Betsy “The Christmas Miracle,” by Rebecca Curtis, is not for the squeamish. She says
Always provocative, even if you don’t agree with her, Susan Sontag was one of the most influential critics of the last fifty years. She came of age in and was a central player in the intellectual rigor of the 1960s and 1970s, and may have the reputation for pushing esoteric, highly sophisticated works of art, though one
If you’ve ever wanted to provide financial support to the website or the podcast, there is now an easy way to do so. In the upper-left corner of the blog there is a new button: “Donate.” Over the years I’ve received several emails from people asking how they can support the site and, now, the podcast.
While I don’t typically do a holiday gift guide, I think I have some good ideas this year that might help you get gifts for your book-loving friends and family — and you might find something on here for yourself. This is Part I. Part II will include children’s books and a few other knick-knacks. 1.
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