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updownbindery: fuckyeahbookarts: Sweet Home by Yusuke...

Sun, 12 Jan 2014 16:03:46 -0500

updownbindery:

fuckyeahbookarts:

Sweet Home by Yusuke Oono

It’s official. I love this artist.

Mouths agape.

awesomepeoplereading: The eyes of Cate Blanchett read.

Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:51:08 -0500

awesomepeoplereading:

The eyes of Cate Blanchett read.

Famous Writers’ Sleep Habits vs. Literary Productivity, Visualized

Thu, 19 Dec 2013 08:36:26 -0500

Famous Writers’ Sleep Habits vs. Literary Productivity, Visualized:

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).

The Best of the Book Lists 2013

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:09:25 -0500

The Best of the Book Lists 2013:

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

…

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.

wehadfacesthen: Rest in Peace, Joan Fontaine (22 October 1917 -...

Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:10:29 -0500

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...

Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:04:35 -0500

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...

Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:59:30 -0500

rifflebooks:

gothiccharmschool:

The birth of a book. I find it mesmerizing.

Spell binding!

Just sitting here watching over and over and over.

nprfreshair: Beyoncé’s super secret album just dropped...

Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:56:31 -0500

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...

Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:53:22 -0500

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!

Can You Identify the Alternate Covers for These Well Known Books?

Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:35:20 -0500

Can You Identify the Alternate Covers for These Well Known Books?:

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.

lastnightsreading: Ann Patchett at the New York Public Library,...

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:21:48 -0500

lastnightsreading:

Ann Patchett at the New York Public Library, 12/10/13

don’t worry, it’s probably the book we want to read too.

preach.

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:14:49 -0500

preach.

awesomepeoplereading: Colin Wilson reads. We all look this...

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:13:21 -0500

awesomepeoplereading:

Colin Wilson reads.

We all look this good with a book, right?

Artist Transforms a Single Room into a Series of Surreal Fantasy Worlds

Mon, 09 Dec 2013 14:21:21 -0500

Artist Transforms a Single Room into a Series of Surreal Fantasy Worlds:

JeeYoung Lee is a Korean artist currently living in Seoul. A recent graduate of Hongik University, Lee transforms her small studio space into a series of surreal fantasy worlds. None of the …

just imagine the sort of couch-forts JeeYoung Lee made as a child

red-lipstick: Betsy Youngquist - Metamorphosis (detail, back of...

Mon, 09 Dec 2013 12:57:32 -0500

red-lipstick:

Betsy Youngquist - Metamorphosis (detail, back of head) Sculptures: Beaded Mosaics

tafalist: sosuperawesome: Yumi Okita Wow! These are...

Fri, 06 Dec 2013 12:49:56 -0500

tafalist:

sosuperawesome:

Yumi Okita

Wow! These are awesome!

drools.

Denis Johnson poems

Fri, 06 Dec 2013 11:07:58 -0500

hobartpulp:

I asked on facebook if anyone had a fave Denis Johnson poem. Here’s some of the answers that are avail online:

“Talking Richard Wilson Blues, by Richard Clay Wilson”

“Now”

“Winter,” “Or How About If I Put It This Way,” “This is Thursday. Your Exam Was Tuesday”

“After Mayakovsky”

“Heat”

“Sway”

“The Confession of St Jim-Ralph”

poems for your friday.

badass-bharat-deafmuslimpunkstar: An Indian woman, a Japanese...

Fri, 06 Dec 2013 08:09:06 -0500

badass-bharat-deafmuslimpunkstar:

An Indian woman, a Japanese woman, and a Syrian woman, all training to be doctors at Women’s Medical College of Philadelphia, 1880s. (Image courtesy Legacy Center, Drexel University College of Medicine Archives, Philadelphia, PA. Image #p0103) (x)

Can this be a book already?

danchaon: 10 works of literature that were exceptionally hard...

Wed, 04 Dec 2013 17:55:15 -0500

danchaon:

10 works of literature that were exceptionally hard to write

(via The Week)

“How to wrap a cat for Christmas” 0:16–...

Wed, 04 Dec 2013 15:05:00 -0500

“How to wrap a cat for Christmas”

0:16– “There’s no way this will work.”

1:03– “BRILLIANT”

1:11– “BLURGGGHH so cute”

1:27– “Totally doing this”

After trying on my own cat… Everyone’s getting books this year!