Unless you’re one of those intolerable angels who does all their Christmas shopping in the first week of December, then the panic of having to prove to your friends and family that you love them through your consumer choices has fully set in. Christmas is in less than a week, and the sanctity of your soul is on the line. Now for book lovers, gift giving options are limited. You could either give someone a book, or- wait, no that’s it. Now that you’ve whittled down your choices, here are some helpful tips that should prevent you from totally disgracing …
Recently, at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Mano Bouzamour sat himself down at a table with a white coat, a stethoscope, and a pile of fiction. A novelist himself, Mr. Bouzamour is also a part-time ‘bibliotherapist’. He spent the day vigorously writing book recommendations. The man has got the prescription for fiction, and he’s not alone. He’s part of the growing movement of bibliotherapy: the practice of prescribing patients with books instead of pills. Around the world, clinicians are recommending books in favor of traditional psychotherapy. Various organizations are committed to healing through reading. The School of Life, in London, is a powerful …
Every year, dictionaries around the globe pick their word of the year. Merriam Webster dictionary’s word of the year is quite fitting for the times. The winner, which is determined by the most frequently searched word on the site, is ‘surreal’ Analysts follow search trends and spikes to keep track of frequently searched words. Apparently, ‘surreal’ peaked on the day of the Brussel’s Airport bombings. It received increased traffic following more terrorist attacks that year, and big election results. 1) ‘Surreal’ is one of the most common lookups following a tragedy2) ‘Surreal’ is our 2016 Word of the Yearhttps://t.co/O7azAyRQC1 — Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) …
Renaissance man, BJ Novak has plans to pen another children’s book that will teach children the excitement of letters and reading, as well as learning the alphabet. It will be called, The Alphabet Book With No Pictures, which is a play off the title of his last book, The Book With No Pictures. Image courtesy of junior library guild Well, it seems fitting that a book about letters and words would be filled with nothing but. On the overall mission of the book, Novak has said: “I want to inspire more kids to see that words can be as funny, exciting, and …
An exciting new exhibit at the Magnan Metz Gallery called ‘Out of Place’ examines the assumed newness of technology through hologram. Artists Susan Gamble and Michael Menyon have chosen to examine how objects age by projecting antiques through the lost art of holography. The gallery features projections of china, kithcenware, and old books. According to the press release: Out of Place questions the ‘newness’ often assumed in presentations of technology. The artists employ different media ––holograms and daguerreotypes––to reflect on the past and the sentimental lure of objects as they fade into history. With images of index boxes, coal and silver, the …
