click to enlargeFor the next week A.K. "Mimi" Allin will be walking on a red carpet in Seattle's Occidental Park reading Leo Tolstoy's War & Peace aloud. Dressed in the fashions of the period with a custom-made book harness strapped to her body; Allin stands at one end of the red carpet waiting for someone to accompany her down the aisle.Here's how it works:Those who join me, tell me their full name and take me by the arm. As we walk, I read to them from War & Peace which is strapped to my body with a specially-designed book harness....
Bukowski set to music
Actress Ute Lemper will be holding a series of performances at Joe's Pub, the intimate cabaret located inside the Public Theater, based on the poetry of Charles Bukowski.Titled the The Bukowski Project Lemper will perform works based on Bukowski's poems from the books The Last Night of the Earth Poems, What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk through the Fire and You Get so Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense.The Bukowski Project, which was also conceived by Lemper, will feature her original music with additional composition and arrangements by Todd Turkisher and Vana Gierig.The Bukowski Project runs...
A Loving Window Display
“Bookshops are romantic places, but we’ve never had a request like this before." said Jessica Graham, manager of Primrose Hill Books.The window of Primrose Hill Books became the centerpiece of a marriage proposal when 26 year old Oliver Harkness spelled out his wish to take the hand of his girlfriend Priyanka Chaudhuri in marriage.Minutes after setting up the window display Oliver and Priyanka strolled past the window and he popped the question. She said yes and the crowd of onlookers that had gathered let out a cheer. Story at the Camden New Journal, Love story – Romantic Oliver Harkness' novel...
The Title Page Through Time
Title Page. noun. 1594: a page of a book bearing the title and usually the names of the author and publisher and the place and sometimes date of publication.All books begin with one. It is most often the first printed page one sees when they begin reading a book. An exhibition dedicated to the title page is about to wrap up at the The National Gallery of Art. Announcing the Text: Development of the Title Page, 1470–1900 Selections from the National Gallery of Art Library presents "select examples of early books of the 15th century through modern books of the...
Digital Book Burning
click to enlargeRandall Monroe recently posted this comic strip over at xkcd. Hysterical and foreboding.