Lucille Clifton

Shirley Jackson’s short story from 1948, which inspired the most mail The New Yorker had ever received in response to a work of fiction. nyer.cm/S5dyJIE

New Jersey, can’t wait to see you! Honored to talk to two women I love and admire so much ⁦Emily Raboteau⁩ and ⁦Kate Tuttle⁩ today in Montclair ❤️‍🔥

'Turquoise is a relatively new name. Before there was turquoise, there was verdigris. Verdigris is the ur-turquoise.'
A vibrant essay on Verdigris by Katy Kelleher
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Fifty three years ago today, despite wearing an official press pass, I was swept off the streets of DC and thrown in jail. With literally thousands of antiwar demonstrators.

I was told my arrest would foreclose any and all employment opportunities. Instead: it opened every door.

This month's #ArchivesHashtagParty highlights #ArchivesGames . Game of Authors, Milton Bradley's card game, contains famous 19th century writers and fun game play cards about book bindings and engravings.

Take a tour of the cosmos with our curator Joel! 🌟🌙 This unique collection of celestial globes features everything from astrological illustrations to photography of the moon.

A delicate stained glass Flemish fragment of fritillaries in Yarnton church, where the flowers still grow in the surrounding water meadows.

The rumours are true! Launch event for SCAFFOLDING is now live 🌆

Lauren Elkin in conversation with octavia bright at the LRB Bookshop - not one to miss!

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A new acquisition for our archive - an obituary of Charlotte Wrentmore, Bernard's daughter and leader of the firm for 35 years from 1913 until her death in 1948, accompanying a letter from her widower to the art critic A.C. Carter

Please join Smithsonian Libraries and Archives as we remember Nancy Gwinn (1945-2024) who bequeathed to us the world's largest museum library system. We benefit from her service by cultivating within our hearts, her passion, dedication and reverence for all things library📚, all things Smithsonian 👼

In the 1st round of cuts at Goldsmiths, Black and queer lit academics were sacked. They 'just happened' to be most eligible.

Now the entire Black British Writing MA is at risk.

What's the point of Goldsmiths if this goes?

I say this as a newly minted Goldsmiths English PhD.

Extraordinary story from Columbia Daily Spectator & The Eye. The framing, the layout—spend some time with it: 'Korrin acknowledged the fine line that low-income or otherwise marginalized students like them walk between where they’re from and where they are now.' columbiaspectator.com/the-eye/2024/0…

The traditional council of Kahnawake has confirmed that students have the right to be on their land.

With Indigenous permission the encampments are no longer occupation but reclamation 🙌🏽

In light of everything this bit of news is small, but it comes on a day when I am beginning another phase of hospitalization, and I wanted to take a moment to step outside of this strange medical atmosphere to say proudly that this book is, at long last, officially on its way!

Was a real pleasure speaking to Fleur Sinclair, owner of @7oaksbookshop and new Booksellers Association president, about her priorities and hopes for her time in the role, for The Bookseller this week 🌟📚 👇

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