Sarabande Books

updownbindery:

fuckyeahbookarts:

Sweet Home by Yusuke Oono

It’s official. I love this artist.

Mouths agape. 

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awesomepeoplereading:

The eyes of Cate Blanchett read.

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The early bird gets the literary worm … sort of. 

Fancy breakdown of famous authors’ wake up times and their accomplishments. Correlate what you will! (the whole top line makes my brain hurt just thinking about it).

randomhouse:

Adult Lists

Amazon’s Best Books of the Year: The Top 100 in Print

Amazon’s Best Books of 2013: Arts and Photography

Amazon’s Best Books of 2013: Audiobooks

Amazon’s Best Books of 2013: Biographies and Memoirs

Amazon’s Best Books of 2013: Business and Investing

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All the best 2013 book lists… ever. In case you didn’t already feel completely overwhelmed by all the good books waiting to be read.

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wehadfacesthen:

Rest in Peace, Joan Fontaine (22 October 1917 - 15 December 2013). She is seen here in Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940), her first major role.

Sad day. She had one of the most charmingly expressive faces you can find in the movies. 

millionsmillions:

Caution: Too much reading can lead to retinal tears. At The New York Times, Charles McGrath recounts the perils of being a National Book Award judge and having to read 407 books in just four months.

uhhh…at least you can say you went blind doing something useful

rifflebooks:

gothiccharmschool:

The birth of a book. I find it mesmerizing.

Spell binding!

Just sitting here watching over and over and over. 

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nprfreshair:

Beyoncé’s super secret album just dropped this morning, causing quite a stir.In one of the songs, “Flawless” she samples Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TEDx talk on feminism. In the song she says:

We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller

We say to girls – you can have ambition, but not too much

You should aim to be successful but not too successful otherwise you will threaten the man

Because I am female I am expected to aspire to marriage

I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important

A marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support

But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don’t teach boys the same?

We raise girls to see each other as competitors not for jobs or for accomplishments,

Which I think can be a good thing

But for the attention of men

We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are

Feminist: A person who believes in the economic, social and political equality of the sexes.

If you haven’t yet, check out Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s interview on Fresh Air for her newest book Americanah. The book also made the NPR best list for 2013.

clmporg:

Taste Test: Throw Yourself into the Prairie by Francesca Chabrier, Sarabande Books, 2014

Peach Some Laid Their Hands On

Peach some laid their hands on and they fell off. 
An afternoon meal of peaches.
A cloud does not dapple the sky: they are in touch
the peach in the heat
and the slow-moving hand.
A litter of peaches squished
and one peeling itself in the shade.
I am who loves it here.
I eat a peach with my whole mouth
and can see everything.
Peach is French for a feeling
like be still be exactly still.

one of our favorites from her collection!

blackballoonpublishing:

You’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but there can’t be anything wrong with rememberinga book by its cover, right? After all, there are certain covers that have become just as iconic as the texts they hold. Consider the eyes overlooking the skyline on The Great Gatsby, the…

Fun! we got about half.