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I just returned from a long weekend in Paris, and it was the first time I'd spent any time in the city in over a decade. As we strolled, sipped, and simply bathed in the glory of the city, I was moved to recall that old epigram by French critic Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr: plus ça change, plus c'…
Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) has been named in honor of university alumnus and literary benefactor Stuart A. Rose of Dayton, Ohio.
Bentonville, Ark.— Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art recently acquired Maya’s Quilt of Life, 1989, (acrylic on canvas and painted, dyed and pieced fabrics) by Faith Ringgold, from the art collection of the late author and activist, Maya Angelou. The work hung in Angelou’s home and…
In June, I had the pleasure of spending several weeks in Scotland. One of the highlights of the trip was a visit to The Innerpeffray Library in a beautiful, secluded section of Perthshire. The Innerpeffray Library is the oldest lending library in Scotland, originally founded in 1680.
The Library of Congress has received the first installment of the papers of the Honorable Madeleine Korbel Albright, the first woman to serve as Secretary of State (1997-2001) and a 2012 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
"We are honored to receive this gift from an icon of American…
When: October 2nd - December 12th, 2015
Where: 28 W. 27th St., 3rd Floor, New York, NY
Subway: N/R to 28th St, or F to 23rd St
Admission: Free
DALLAS—Picker's Pocket Guide - COMIC BOOKS: How to Pick Antiques Like a Pro (Krause Publications, 2015), fills 208 full-color pages with tips, tricks, and strategy on how to collect and sell comic books. With the value of certain old comic books currently soaring in value, including several…
Brooklyn is the place to be this weekend. The second annual Brooklyn Books, Art, Photos, and Design Expo (BAPD), featuring 150 book and fine art dealers, opens at the Brooklyn Expo Center at 11:00 Saturday morning. Dealers are coming in from far and wide for this event, as last year's proved a huge…
New York, New York—Lion Heart Autographs, for nearly forty years an internationally recognized dealer of autographs and manuscripts focusing on art, history, literature, music and science, has announced the auction of more than 170 letters from the notorious spy Ald
AUSTIN, Texas—On the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death in 1616, the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Aust
