Kindred by Octavia Butler
Butler is having a moment now. She had a long and productive career as a groundbreaking black science fiction writer with ‘Kindred’ considered her standout work even though it isn’t sci-fi. I had never heard of her since I wasn’t a sci-fi fan but I…
The Writings of Marcel Duchamp edited by Michel Sanouillet and Elmer Peterson
Duchamp was an artist not a writer and these writings aren’t poems, essays, short stories or even diaries. There are short biographical paragraphs on Surrealist artists and contributors that were written for publication but other than that mostly these are ephemera and notes. Some of…
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt
This book established the idea of the Italian Renaissance. If that sounds strange, it is. At the time of the Renaissance people lived their times they didn’t understand their times as history. It is this book published first in 1860 that the idea of the…
Hollywood Arensberg; Avant-Garde Collecting in Midcentury L.A. by Mark Nelson, William Sherman and Ellen Hoobler
My journey to purchasing and receiving this book equals my excitement reading it. During my Duchamp travels, I learned that Marcel was good friends with Walter Arensberg. Then I learned that many of Duchamp’s works had at one time been displayed in the Arensberg house…
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