Art
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The Rumpus Interview with Thomas Doyle
When we were young, many of us built shoebox dioramas depicting scenes from a book, or an historical event. Artist Thomas Doyle did too, but whereas most of us abandoned those scene-setting projects when we were young, he still makes…
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2009 Over and Out
These images come from Maria Rosa: Everyday Fun and Carnival Frolic with Children in Brazil by Vera Kelsey, illustrated by the Brazilian artist Candido Portinari. I’m working with a 1942 US edition, but I imagine there are many editions from…
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The Swamp Ladies of Estonia
Putting together this post of Estonian children’s books, I found myself squirming with delight and confusion. I hope something similar happens to you when scrolling through it!
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Dressing the Yellow Chicken
Most of these images are lantern slides, and all were found at the flickr page of the Oregon State University Archives:
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Notable SF, This Week: 12/28-01/03
This week in San Francisco, experience music the old fashioned way at Shellac Shack and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra’s free home show. Also plans for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day: Monday 12/28: Remember vinyl? Stop by Shellac…
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Notable New York, This Week 12/28/09-1/03/10
This week in New York The Poetry Project holds its 36th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Benefit Reading, Ludacris and Sandra Bernhard perform, 92Y hosts a New Year’s Hustle Bash, swing takes Manhattan at the Holiday Swing Ball and at…
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The Animals Are in Cages
Illustrations by Adolf Hoffmeister for his own The Animals Are in Cages, published by Greenberg in 1941. The Bodley Head issued the book in the UK as The Unwilling Tourist. Both versions feature Don Perris’s translation. Read the flap for…
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Mummy Was a Robot, Daddy Was a Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil
Illustrations by E. Benyaminson for Hello, I’m Robot! by Stanislav Zigunenko (Russia, 1989). This is the first post of a series featuring my recently-acquired collection of Soviet children’s books from the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
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Smith and the City
With the release of her new memoir, Just Kids, which documents her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, punk rock idol Patti Smith has events lined up in and around New York City. Events include readings and musical performances in support…
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Long Before Lady Gaga
There was Gerald (and Sara) Murphy: Looking comfortably mechanical at the Comte Étienne de Beaumont’s Automotive Ball in 1924. P.s. How awesome is it that there was such a costume ball? P.p.s. Looks like Gerald’s costume came complete with a…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 12/21-12/27
This week, celebrate Christmas (or don’t), partake in a jingly Reindeer Run Flash Mob, and then celebrate your inner goth kid at The Nightmare After Christmas. Monday 12/21: Celebrate the holiday season with class (because everyone knows that jazz music…