Last year, on May 22, Rare Books lost our dear friend, Marie Christensen Dern. On that day, like the rest of the world, we were sheltering in place. We were locked out of our office, and more disorientingly, out of the Rare Books Vault. We...
At last the Father of the Gods sent Hermes to fetch Persephone back to earth, on condition that she had eaten nothing while in the kingdom of Pluto. Alas that very day she had tasted six seeds of a pomegranate...
“this is how it is longing sets in as days shorten and nights, well, nights shoulder their way right into day. it helps to have a sense of humor, a big stack of cordwood, skis waiting for snow, a book and a chair, some paper to draw on, cloth to stitch with thread: threads to tie it...
“Mrs. Delany’s was an age when genteel women, whether amateur or professional, were occupied with crafts, decorative works, design and fine arts. Embroidery, quilling, shellwork, japanning, silhouette making, drawing, painting in oils and watercolours, knitting, sewing, flower making, modelling in wax and clay, miniature painting,...
Friday, March 11, 2016, 12 – 1pm J. Willard Marriott Library, Rm 1726A Join Amy Brunvand for a discussion of “The Sixth Extinction: an Unnatural History” by Elizabeth Kolbert This is part three of a four part series of discussions about climate change and fossil fuel divestment, based...
