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All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley
Patrick Bringley revisits the many ways that art meets life and how death is often the bridge between them in his debut memoir, "All the Beauty in the World." https://t.co/WCbJn4iObd
Paperback, 2024
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Ulysses
James Joyce
The legacy of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” may reside in how it concentrates on the music of tentative, shambolic, open-ended urban lives. https://t.co/aeF6aoNLy7
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Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life
Renata Cherlise
Curated to feel like a family photo album, Renata Cherlise’s “Black Archives” showcases images of Black people experiencing moments of love, joy, rest, leisure, and everyday life. https://t.co/lPzjyDBPfw
Hardcover, 2023
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The Power of the Dog
Thomas Savage
Ela Bittencourt: “In Jane Campion’s elegant adaptation of Thomas Savage’s novel ‘The Power of the Dog,’ nature is an instrument of both wonder and violence.” https://t.co/yXDlR8FaYf
Paperback, 2001
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The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
New York Public Library spotlights Toni Morrison for Banned Books Week, offering "Beloved" and "The Bluest Eye" for unlimited checkouts through October 31. https://t.co/xnf4NV0nsF
Paperback, 2007
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The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910
Esther Crain
“The Gilded Age in New York, 1870–1910” chronicles the rise of the NYC metropolis and the roots of its role as an international cultural center. https://t.co/0XU2AJs5pT
Hardcover, 2016
$38.00$19.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Reach: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Steven Holl
Asia Society’s traveling exhibition brings art and climate to center stage this spring at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. https://t.co/mJkAmESUaI
Hardcover, 2019
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The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty
Ellen Warner
“The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty” is a celebration of the strength and insight of women across the world. https://t.co/Dg9D4XxANi
Hardcover, 2022
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Florine Stettheimer: A Biography
Barbara Bloemink
Barbara Bloemink’s “Florine Stettheimer: A Biography” is the first full reading of the artist’s body of work and gives her the attention she has long deserved. https://t.co/biyhUZUw5k
Hardcover, 2022
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The Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois is best known for his sharp, sociological imagination and groundbreaking book of racial philosophy, “The Souls of Black Folk” — but the writer, historian, and Pan-African civil rights activist also had a remarkable visual mind. https://buff.ly/3l5nk0q
Hardcover, 2017
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