This must be what it feels like to hit rock bottom. The Hempstead, Long Island Public School district recently released its annual summer reading list for its pre-K to “twelve grade,” students and it reads like a testament to incompetence with over 30 mistakes, including misspellings of authors’ names and book titles. Some glaring examples include: The Great Gypsy by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bonte Animal Farm by George Ornell Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora NealHursten Bluest Eyes by Toni Morrison It goes on and on. Roger Tilles, a member of the New York State Department of...
Dieter Roth and the “Stinky” Artist’s Book
Dieter Roth. Literature Sausage (Literaturwurst). 1969, published 1961–70 "What's really incredible about Roth is the way he started to totally reinvent what a book could be. When he began making books in the early 1950s he decided that, for him, a book didn't need a binding or a sequence or a text or even an image." - Sarah Suzuki MoMA curator How about cheese, chocolate and bannanas Between 1961 and 1970 Roth created about fifty “literature sausages.” To make each sausage Roth followed a traditional recipe, but with one crucial twist: where the recipe called for ground pork, veal, or beef, he...
DNF: Why we abandon books
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Books, Vinyl and Mushrooms
Talk about mixing it up! How about Tokyo's Rhythm & Books, a used bookstore that carries a selection of vinyl records and specializes in mycology! In addition to carrying a deep selection of books about mushrooms they also sell an array of mushroom products. Ken Iseki, the editor at between the books, visits the store and has a brief chat with the proprietors who opened the shop in 2011.
Paper Tales at Bergdorf Goodman
Paper Tales is a collection of one-of-a-kind paper sculptures created exclusively for Bergdorf Goodman's home department to celebrate the launch of the latest book by David Stark, The Art of The Party. Stark is the current king of the event planning world and the collection is inspired by many of the paper pieces David Stark Design created for various events and "consist of intricate worlds created from vintage and antique books." A number of those pieces are featured in the book The Art of The Party. Copies of The Art of the Party available here. Photos by Susie Montagna