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Peeling Back the Messy and Myriad Layers of Tutankhamun’s Discovery
Thorough and rewarding, Christina Riggs’s Photographing Tutankhamun illuminates the reasons behind our fascination with one of Ancient Egypt’s most famous tombs.
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Shahidul Alam’s Firsthand Account of Bangladesh’s Fight for Democracy
The Tide Will Turn centers on the 100 days the esteemed photographer spent in prison for protesting Bangladesh’s religious, nationalist government, but also wisely focuses on the conditions that made his arrest inevitable.
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Jonas Mekas's Diary Reveals His Uncertain Sense of Self
This first volume of the filmmaker's journals charts his progress from immigrant life in Williamsburg to the center of the American avant-garde.
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Ana Mendieta, a Feminist Pioneer, in a New Light
In Radical Virtuosity, Genevieve Hyacinthe brilliantly reframes Mendieta’s celebrated works, yet for a book so rooted in race, the final analysis feels only half-full.
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A Bittersweet Comic Anthology Revels in Romance
In Don’t Go Without Me, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell taps into the complexity of love, longing, and human connection.
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Stéphane Mallarmé Created an Ideal Book Never Meant to Be Published
The French poet juxtaposed the details of printing and production in a book that he imagined as a theatrical production.
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The Radical, Playful, and Primal Perspectives of Michael Snow
Edited by the late, great Anette Michelson and Kenneth White, the essays in Michael Snow refresh our notions of experimentation.
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The Emotive, Brilliantly Nostalgic Film Posters of Akiko Stehrenberger
What sets Stehrenberger’s posters apart is her commitment to integrating illustration, and her work is most compelling when it’s seemingly at its simplest.
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A Novel Take on Teaching Children About Art
Women Artists A to Z encourages young readers to interact thoughtfully and inquisitively with art and artists, which is no small undertaking.
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A New Bookselling Platform Challenges Amazon’s Monopoly
“Directing readers to buy their books from Amazon is harmful to the authors, and the publishers, whose work you are trying to support,” reads a letter encouraging independent media resources to use platforms like Bookshop.
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David Bowie's Life in Comics
Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams, a graphic journey through the life of David Bowie, is nothing short of a visual masterpiece.
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Puzzling Out the Gap Between Communication and Meaning
Sid Gold's poems address our failure to hear what others are saying.