Welcome to the second episode of book patrol TV. A hour-long feast of book goodness.
This episode includes an amazing chair-based reading performance piece by Héloise Bourgeois, talks by Robert Darton and Chip Kidd, a live version of My Morning Jacket singing Librarian, Snoop Dog talking about his new ‘smoking’ book, a little clip from The Dead Poets Society, an animation of the Billy Collins poem Forgetfulness and a short video by archivist Harrison Wick, of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Libraries, on the Benefits of Digitizing Rare Books.
Enjoy.
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4:05 Les 7 doigts de la main / The 7 Fingers – TRACES – Sofa -
3:57 rip it out- dead poets society -
27:25 Robert Darnton on eBooks, Google Books, DPLA… -
2:39 My Morning Jacket – Librarian -
17:17 Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK… -
1:49 Forgetfulness – Billy Collins Animated Poetry -
1:15 Snoop Dogg Rolling Words -
1:44 The Benefits of Digitizing Rare Books
Previously on book patrol TV:
episode 1