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A Dictionary Takes Us Through the Fascinating History of Symbols

by Angelica Frey October 31, 2020November 5, 2020

Juan Eduardo Cirlot’s A Dictionary of Symbols has been an invaluable resource for decoding symbols since it was first published in 1958.

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A New Collection of Saul Steinberg’s Influential Cartoons

by Dan Schindel November 22, 2018November 21, 2018

The Labyrinth, originally published in 1960 and long out of print, is the perfect introduction or reintroduction to Steinberg’s incomparable style.

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A Magical 1970s French Comic Book Finally Translated Into English

by Megan N. Liberty February 23, 2018

In Nicole Claveloux’s comic collection, The Green Hand and Other Stories, we move through dream states with highly idiosyncratic characters.

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The Idiosyncratic Writings of Leonora Carrington, a Reluctant Surrealist

by Elisa Wouk Almino June 20, 2017June 20, 2017

Three books by Leonora Carrington, including her memoir of her time at an insane asylum, reveal the artist’s specific vision of the world, which strayed from and defied Surrealism.

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How Pirate and Parrot (Mis)Understand One Another

by Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr. April 2, 2017March 31, 2017

Eugene Ostashevsky is a father of two young daughters and a fan of Dr. Seuss, and he no longer thinks it is “possible to write anything serious that is not funny.”

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Reader’s Diary: ‘Bresson on Bresson’ 

by Barry Schwabsky December 25, 2016December 23, 2016

Before starting to make films, Robert Bresson had been a painter. Or rather, he remained one, since according to him, “It’s not possible to have been a painter and to no longer be one.”

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An Auteur’s Enduring and Confounding Guide to Filmmaking

by Craig Hubert November 14, 2016

Robert Bresson’s Notes on the Cinematograph, first published in 1975 and about to be reissued by New York Review Books, is not a manifesto or unified theory.

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