Digest

Tony Sarg in 1929 with some of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons
Tony Sarg: Macy’s Balloons Began with a Book Illustrator
September 12, 2023
Anthony Frederick Sarg (1880-1942) was, at heart, a big kid who created puppets and other toys, illustrated fantastical picture books, and pulled off practical jokes.
The Free Black Women’s Library
The Free Black Women’s Library Celebrates Black Women Authors
September 12, 2023
A love letter to Bed-Stuy.” That’s how OlaRonke Akinmowo first framed the mobile book-sharing project she began in 20
A sample of bookmarks
A History of Collecting Bookmarks
September 12, 2023
In the archives of poet Gwendolyn E.
photograph of artist John Costin with a depiction of a bird
The Science & Beauty of John Costin’s Bird Art
June 19, 2023
Throughout history, many cultures have depicted birds in art, from the elaborate mosaics of ancient Rome to the elegant drawings of the Renaissance.
Menu for Mark Twain’s seventieth birthday with illustrated characters from his book and a photograph of the author
100 Years of the American Menu
June 19, 2023
Henry Voigt believes we are what we eat.
The Jost Bürgi Research Library at the Horological Society of New York
Keeping Time
March 9, 2023
Fortunat Mueller-Maerki’s passion for collecting books and ephemera related to time began with one clock.
The Temptation of St. Anthony
Oddities of Art History
March 9, 2023
Books are very much in the DNA of English writer Edward Brooke-Hitching, the son of rare book collector and dealer Franklin Brooke-Hitching, and descendant of printer William Blades (1824-1890), wh
Toni Morrison publicity photo for the novel Jazz
Toni Morrison’s Papers go on Exhibit
March 9, 2023
At the conclusion of Pulitzer Prize winner and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison’s essay, “The Site of Memory,” she details how, when working on a piece, she would doggedly rewrite until it appeared fla
Author and bookstore owner Eben J. Muse.
Bibliofiction: The Boom in Bookstore Novels
November 10, 2022
It’s no secret that bibliophiles who enjoy reading fiction are often drawn to novels set in bookshops.
Maurice Sendak
Picture Book Art: The Little Prince, Maurice Sendak, and Hilary Knight
November 10, 2022
The value of children’s books is the indelible mark they can leave on our memory. Alice talking with a hookah-smoking caterpillar.