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Author Archives: Joshua Roberts
Library staff recommendation: The Dharma Bums
Casey Murphy believes there is something zen-like that occurs when Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums is read in the company of grass, birds, and sun. Continue reading
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Library staff recommendation: Furoshiki: The Art of Japanese Wrapping Fabric
Furoshiki are traditional Japanese wrapping cloths used to transport wares or to decorate and protect gifts. Continue reading
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Library staff recommendation: Stray Bullets
David Lapham’s “Stray Bullets” is the comic equivalent of film noir, stories told in stark black-and-white, about desperate people unable to foresee the consequences of their violent actions. Continue reading
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Library staff recommendation: The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Alan Watts contends that the Western, individual ego has become too focused on individuality, thus blinding it to its own connections with people and the environment, and the necessary dualisms that shape the world. Continue reading
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On Display: The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy
Visit Greenfield Library to view and read Nick Bantock’s beautiful series of books that incorporate postcards and letters to tell his story, matched with evocative and surreal imagery made with mixed media and collage. Continue reading
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On Display: Dombey and Son
Visit Greenfield Library to see a wonderfully illustrated 1897 edition of Charles Dickens’ novel. Continue reading
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Library staff recommendation: Get-a-Way and Háry János
The color and texture are especially stunning in this quaint story about Háry János the Obsitos, a Hungarian toy soldier, and his companion, the three-legged Get-a-Way. Continue reading
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Library staff recommendation: Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3
A beautiful compilation of contemporary Native and North American art from the northeastern and southeastern US and Canada. Continue reading
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Library staff recommendation: Seasons
Seasons by Blexbolex, a French artist and illustrator working in Berlin, is a colorful telling of the cyclical nature of the seasons. Continue reading
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Library staff recommendation: Iron John
The poet Robert Bly explicates the fairy tale Iron John, and uses it to analyze the state of male role models and manhood in contemporary society today. Continue reading
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