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Mr Bazalgette’s Agent was written by English novelist Leonard Merrick (1864-1939), who said of the book: 'It's a terrible book. It's the worst thing I ever wrote. I bought them all up and destroyed them.
(Worcester, MA) The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) is exhibiting over fifty lithographs from its extensive collection of antebellum prints at the Musée Goupil in Bordeaux, France. Opening on September 6 and running through November 10, 2013, the exhibition is entitled ? la mode française: La…
CHICAGO—September 10, 2013—Writing Chicago, a multimedia exhibit spotlighting four literary luminaries who called Chicago home—Gwendolyn Brooks, Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, and Studs Terkel—will soon be traveling to city libraries and beyond.
Created by the American Writers Museum…
Sept. 10, 2013 — This November, the Penn Libraries will celebrate the official naming of the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, the final capstone in its $17 million capital campaign to renovate the 5th and 6th floors of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center. The new…
New York—On Thursday, October 3, Swann Galleries will conduct an auction titled Postwar African-American Fine Art that offers groundbreaking material epitomizing how African-American art evolved in the mid-20th century.
London — Brahma Dreaming is master storyteller John Jackson’s latest collaboration with the acclaimed artist, Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini.
John’s intriguing versions of the tales of the Hindus’ great gods are graced by Daniela’s brilliantly reimagined illustrations of the deities, each a…
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New York, NY, September 5, 2013—The works of Edgar Allan Poe have frightened and thrilled readers for over one hundred fifty years. Terror of the Soul, an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, will bring together more than one hundred items related to Poe’s poetry, fiction, and literary…
DALLAS — A rare and significant half-plate daguerreotype portrait of Capt. Samuel H. Walker is estimated to bring $75,000+ to lead the 343-lot John N. McWilliams Texas Ranger Collection Sept. 21 at Heritage Auctions.
Amherst, MA (September 4, 2013)—The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition The Art of Eric Carle: Friends, beginning September 17, 2013 and running through March 24, 2014. The exhibition will feature artwork from Eric Carle’s much-anticipated picture…
