Posts Tagged ‘this week’s reading’

This Week’s Reading, 17.6.12

Sunday, June 17th, 2012

This week: Gustave Doré, some 19th Century Photoshopping, Bloomsday and the final farewell to Hiram Cronk.

Detail from a Gustave Doré illustration in a French edition of Don Quixote.

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This Week’s Reading, 10.6.12

Sunday, June 10th, 2012

This week: sword fighting manuals, London markets, wire sculptures, poetry from Robert Herbert and more.

David Oliveira's wire sculptures

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This Week’s Reading, 3.6.12

Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

Jubilee writers, some terrifying children’s books, poetry by Ryan Quinn Flanagan, The Great Gatsby trailer and much more…

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This Week’s Reading, 27.5.12

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

This week: The future according to ’70s Japan, Einstein on praying, 10 over-rated books, and Leos Carax isn’t a people person.

Janda Zdenek's 'Romana'

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This Week’s Reading, 20.5.12

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

This week: Marcel Proust playing air guitar, Harvey Pekar, Patti Smith’s poetry, and a defence of Nikola Tesla.

Das Fest des großen Wurmes

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This Week’s Reading, 06.05.12

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

This week: Ion Barladeanu, Rabelais’ cyclops, book carvings and more.

Drawings from François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel

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This Week’s Reading, 29.4.12

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

This week: Robert Crumb, Ezra Pound, orgies in space and more. (more…)

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This Week’s Reading, 22.4.12

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

After a week’s hiatus to deal with the headcrushing chaos of London Book Fair, TWR returns. This week: Kool Keith, post traumatic stress disorder, book spine poetry and Les Fleurs du mal illustrations.

'L'Homme en gloire dans la Paix' by Jean Lurçat (1958)

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This Week’s Reading, 8.4.12

Sunday, April 8th, 2012

This week: Austin Osman Spare, edible and smokable books, author portraits from Carl Kohler and more.

BAR 2, by Jordan Eagles (detail)

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This Week’s Reading, 1.4.12

Sunday, April 1st, 2012

This week’s motley links round-up:

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