Don't tell me you don't have room for another book. New York's Grolier Club is hosting an exhibition of miniature books through July 28. In the show are a two-inch-tall set of the complete works of Shakespeare, a four thousand-year-old Babylonian tablet, and a book that's been to the moon and back.You can also see … Continue reading Wee Reads
Author: Anders
Poetry from Guantanamo, Part 2
The University of Iowa's book Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak got a very compelling write-up in the Wall Street Journal today. Among the details: prisoners scratched poems on stryofoam cups with pebbles and passed them between the bars. The military censored some of the poems, citing the possibility of hidden messages in the verses, … Continue reading Poetry from Guantanamo, Part 2
Off the Shelves, Into the Galleries–Part 2
Last week it was books as building materials. Today it's books as fantastic distorted, even tortured shapes and forms, courtesy of photographer Cara Barer, who has two series of her photographs posted on her website (here and here).Says the artist, "I realized I owned many books that were no longer of use to me, or … Continue reading Off the Shelves, Into the Galleries–Part 2
Musings from Magers and Quinn 