Michael Lieberman

Sleep at the Folger Shakespeare Library

Richard Brathwaite. Ar’t asleepe husband? London, 1640. ©Folger Shakespeare LibraryWhatever your relationship to sleep is the latest exhibit at the Folger Shakespeare Library, To Sleep, Perchance to Dream, is worth staying awake for.The "exhibition explores the ethereal realm of sleeping and dreaming in Renaissance England, from the beliefs, rituals, and habits of sleepers to the role of dream interpreters and interpretations in public and private life."In addition to a sampling of Shakespeare and Milton and books like Thomas Tryon’s A treatise of cleanness in meats and drinks, of the preparation of food, the excellency of good airs, and the benefits...

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Limerick for the Kindle

This little gem was left as a comment to Allison Arieff's post, Shelf Life, at the New York Times. The story profiles renowned architectural bookseller and publisher William Stout.There once was a time when books slowly dwindled,Bibliophiles everywhere felt nothing but swindled,They wanted their books,By hook or by crooks,But alas, in the end, all of them Kindled!

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Cliff Eyland : The ‘Librarian Painter’

Bookshelf File Card LK 21 -The Large Bookshelf, 2009Illustrator Drawing on Paper, 3" x 5"At times Cliff Eyland thinks of himself as a "librarian painter." A longtime bibliophile, Eyland has been painting on 3" x 5" index cards for 30 years.In his latest exhibition Bookshelf File Cards, at the Leo Kamen Gallery in Toronto, Cliff Eyland "reengages his lifelong obsession with books and art by painting abstract images of books on shelves.""Since his art school days Eyland has not only remained consistent in the size of his work but he has also come to believe that the library is the...

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