Among the sixty lots up for auction this week in the Edward Gorey sale at Bloomsbury is what appears to be a full run of the fur coats owned and worn by Gorey. A whopping 14 coats are up for auction including one designed by Gorey for Ben Kahn Furs.Gorey didn't just stick to one animal. There's the Sheared Beaver Stroller coat, one made from Lynx, one Racoon, a bunch of Otters and a couple of Coyotes. Fisher Stroller coat designed by Gorey with blue plaid lining, knee length, long hair, dark brown and black. With hand-sewn label "Edward Gorey...
Pictures of Poets
Joseph BrodskyThe Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the University of Pennsylvania has digitized and made available over 2,000 photographs of poets that originally appeared in the pages of the American Poetry Review between 1971-1998.Anne SextonThough many poets pictured have faded a bit from view and are worthy of a 'Where Are They Now' segment the archive is still packed with a plethora of "A" list poets of the last quarter-century.Hayden CarruthThere are also multiple shots of a number of poets, like Hayden Carruth above, that offers one a peek at poets at different stages of their career. Carolyn ForcheClearly...
Haiku by the Road
Roadside Haiku by John Morse is a series of 10 original haiku’s created by Morse and printed on bandit signs.50 signs for each haiku were created and were placed along the various well-traveled roadways in Atlanta.“Morse transforms the familiar bandit sign into a delivery device for poetic snapshots of the urban condition presented and consumed within the brief seconds of stop and go traffic.”Roadside Haiku is the latest from Flux Projects: "An organization supporting artists in creating innovative temporary public art throughout Atlanta. The organization produces new platforms for artistic experimentation that engage a broad audience in their daily lives,...
Invest in Your Library
Next week, for the second year in a row, the entire Seattle Public Library System will close for a week. In Tacoma, Washington an entry-level job opening for a librarian’s assistant drew 548 applicants within the first week of the job posting. The same song is playing In Orange County, California the Fullerton Public Library has taken matters into its own hands. With Libraries need investment
A Landmark in Book Design
In 1834 John Murray published Bubbles from the Brunnens of Nassau. It was the first cloth-bound book ever published with a full pictorial cover.In his book The Collector’s Book of Books Eric Quayle says: “By 1834 the battle was won, and it was then that the first fully cloth-bound book appeared which featured pictorial covers. This was a landmark in book design, and must have caused a considerable stir in the publishing world. The idea seems to have been the brain-child of the author, the eccentric Sir Francis Bond Head."The image above comes from Princeton University's recently acquired copy of...