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Recently challenged books, including Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye,” sit on a table in Dec. 2021. (Rick Bowmer / Associated Press) In the ever-worsening culture wars, schools have emerged as a battlefront, with fierce arguments raging about the contents of curricula and propriety of particular books. Debating what literature and […]
This May 2008 photo provided by Libby Lumpkin shows Dave Hickey, left with Peter Schjeldahl. Hickey, a prominent American critic whose essays covered topics ranging from Liberace to Norman Rockwell, has died. The brash style and mixing of high- and low-brow culture that characterized his work earned him legions of […]
Like Cuban music, Cuban art has a rich history — but surprisingly few books have been published about it, even though visual artists are at the forefront of Cuba’s pro-democracy movement today. That’s why one of the more notable works being presented at next week’s Miami Book Fair is “Picturing […]
Oct. 1—Cultural historian and curator William Wroth (1938 — 2019) was among the foremost scholars of Spanish Colonial art and history. He was the author and editor of numerous publications on Hispanic art and culture, including Hispanic Crafts of the Southwest (Taylor Museum of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, […]
Photo credit: Robert Wilson “Hearst Magazines and Verizon Media may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below.” Last year, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish topped the New York Times bestseller list with their first book, Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other, which […]
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WPVI) — “We’re all gonna be talking about 2020 and what happened for decades,” said photographer Matt Barber. “These are images that capture what’s really happening in your community.” The camera-clad Philadelphian was among thousands of protesters filling the streets in June of 2020 following the death of […]
A new version of a traditional book club is the latest programming available through Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture. In the Reel Book Society, participants will read a book and watch a film adaptation of the book to discuss as a group, according to a press release from Yuba Sutter […]
click to enlarge Photo by Leni Sinclair, courtesy of MOCAD MC5 band member Wayne Kramer in Ann Arbor, Michigan, B&W photograph, 1969. It’s not a photo of Iggy Pop that is iconic Detroit photographer […]
ENCAMPMENT, WYOMING, USA, February 2, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — A recently released photography book, “Encampment, Wyoming: Selections from the Lora Webb Nichols Archive 1899-1948”, features 115 photographs created and collected by a homesteader/photographer in the early 20th century. Lora Webb Nichols was an entrepreneur who used photography to provide financial stability […]