What’s inside a book cover? More than just pages
For those of you hapless enough to have missed The Morgan Library’s exhibition From Gatsby to Garb that ended this weekend, it was a doozy. The exhibition pulled a selection of… Read more »
Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria home to be demolished
“To a certain extent, being a colonial, you have these wild romantic dreams about ‘Home,'” Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) admitted in an interview with The Paris Review in 1959. But now… Read more »
SLIDESHOW: Self portraits by famous authors
If you were Flannery O’Connor, wouldn’t you paint a friendly fowl under your arm? If you were Hunter S. Thompson, wouldn’t you take a couple of selfies in your favorite… Read more »