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When you grow up poor, sometimes books are the only connection you have to the world that exists outside your neighborhood. You begin to imagine that the people in those books matter. You imagine that they are important—maybe even immortal—because someone wrote about them. But you? When you fail to find yourself in books—or people…
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Though these mornings I wish books loved back. Sandra Cisneros, from “Bay Poem from Berkeley” (with thanks to aseaofquotes)
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Though these mornings I wish books loved back. Sandra Cisneros, from “Bay Poem from Berkeley” (with thanks to aseaofquotes)
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cinoh: The LBR-1new! Meet the newest addition to our furniture line, and your new book buddy. Made of FSC-certified solid American Ash or Walnut, this little helper works well as a nightstand, side table, or stool. Made by hand to exacting standards in Oakland, California, they’re coated in a highly resilient, no-VOC varnish that will…
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cinoh: The LBR-1new! Meet the newest addition to our furniture line, and your new book buddy. Made of FSC-certified solid American Ash or Walnut, this little helper works well as a nightstand, side table, or stool. Made by hand to exacting standards in Oakland, California, they’re coated in a highly resilient, no-VOC varnish that will…
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wolfliving: http://www.robochop.com *I designed this foamcore object on the Robochop website in Germany, and it’s currently sitting in my Turinese apartment with a bunch of design magazines stuffed in it.
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wolfliving: http://www.robochop.com *I designed this foamcore object on the Robochop website in Germany, and it’s currently sitting in my Turinese apartment with a bunch of design magazines stuffed in it.
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instagram: Mixing Fantasy and Reality in Aracataca, Colombia For more on life in Aracataca and Gabriel García Márquez, explore the Aracataca location page. Aracataca, Colombia, is a place where reality and fantasy seem to blend. Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel García Márquez was born here, and it was the inspiration of Macondo, the fictional town in…
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instagram: Mixing Fantasy and Reality in Aracataca, Colombia For more on life in Aracataca and Gabriel García Márquez, explore the Aracataca location page. Aracataca, Colombia, is a place where reality and fantasy seem to blend. Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel García Márquez was born here, and it was the inspiration of Macondo, the fictional town in…
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bookporn: detroitlib: Happy Birthday Frederic Goudy!! March 8, 1865-May 11, 1947. Mr. Goudy was a self taught typographer and printer. During his career he developed over 100 typefaces. His most famous being Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style. From our stacks: The Alphabet. Fifteen interpretative designs drawn and arranged with explanatory text and illustrations…