The Rare Books Department invites you to view its most recent virtual lecture, Historyes of English. Das Buch von Lindisfarne Lucerne: Faksimile Verlag Luzern, 2002 ND3359 L5 L56 2002 Early manuscripts from western Europe can help us trace the histories of the English language. From these illuminated pages, we can...
"I've never seen her before," thought the building, squarely studying the girl across the street who, newspaper in hand, had stopped to stare. "What is she looking at, anyway?" Building Stories Chris Ware New York : Pantheon Books, 2012 PN6727 W285 B85 2012 This is a book. Or at least the title, Building Stories,...
"Mientras más de arte tiene un oficio más caballero hace al artesano.” “The more artistic a craft, the richer the craftsperson.” — José Martí Como Angel Cierto Digdora Alonso Matanzas, Cuba: Ediciones Vigía (Colección de San Juan), 1987 PQ7390 A429 C66 1987 Limited edition of 200 copies In 1985, Alfredo Zaldívar gained access...
“The tongue lies on the table, writing, writhing, spelling out the breath of its efforts in an unseemly desire to be seen.” — Johanna Drucker The Word Made Flesh Johanna Drucker New York: Bow and Arrow Press, 1989 PS3554 R75 W6 1989 Arch Kitty Maryatt Claremont, CA: Scripps College Press, 2010 N7433.35 U6...
“O stitching is witching And hemming as well, But what is distressing, Is turning a fell. I’m sick of such seaming, And ready to cry, But I hear the word ringing, Try little one, try...
"A book is an architectural space where you can wander about, looking back and forth, all around, in and out, opening and closing doors — it's your room." Ingress / Egress Ellen Knudson Gainesville, FL: Crooked Letter Press, 2015 N7433.4 K58 I54 2015 Celebrated annually, Read Across America Day was...
“When asked what one is doing, one can only explain it as ‘something else.’ Now one does something big, now one does something small, now another big thing, now another little thing. Always it is something else. We can talk about a thing, but we...
The covers of a book enclose worlds constructed of text and image. To open a book is to expose the intimate details of story, experience and idea. The Book Arts Program at the J. Willard Marriott Library champions wide-ranging explorations of the book. A fully...
We invite you to visit our most recent addition to the Rare Books Virtual Lecture Series: What is a Book?, an exploration of the object we call the "book" that answers questions you never knew you had. What is a book? Where did it come...
My wide hips raised two warriors from sweat & clay, blood sonata & birth cry. I said anger & avarice, & they called themselves Cain & Abel. I said gold, & they opened up the earth. I said love, & they ventured east & west, south & north. I said evil, &...