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Adam Harrison Levy|Essays

William Klein: Contacts

William Klein: Buicks, 2 tiered, New York, 1955, Howard Greenberg GalleryWilliam Klein made a rare appearance in New York recently to promote his latest book, Contacts. American by birth, he has lived most of his life in Paris. He is now …

Mark Lamster|Essays

Fishin' for Glory

The King of Kvetch takes to the airwaves tomorrow; I'll be appearing on the latest episode of Jonathan Goldstein's brilliant radio program Wiretap, on the CBC.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Gong Szeto

Former principal of the interaction design firm io360, Gong Szeto is Director of design and product design at Peak6 Investments.

Sarah Couto|Essays

The Year Playboy Died

Totem Rabbit — (Top, left to right) January 1954, February 1956, October 1957; (Bottom, left to right) March 1958, July 1959 and June 1960Because of its prodigious ability to reproduce, the rabbit is a natural totem for manhood. Its …

Franz Wright|Poetry

"Visiting the Library in a Strange City"

The words reappear, slowly developing on a vast unknown but precise number of pages  as I enter: the great building empty of visitors except for me, reading the minds of the dead —  moving with …

Mark Lamster|Essays

Access Denied

In putting together the images for Master of Shadows, my publisher placed a permissions request to use a painting from the collection of the Norton Simon Foundation, in Los Angeles, only to be denied.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Splendor on the Grass

What makes a great tennis match great? I started asking myself this question while I was putting together a review of A Terrible Splendor, a new book hooked on a 1937 Davis Cup.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Seattle PI: RIP

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer was founded 146 years ago, when that city was an industrial backwater on Elliot Bay, a timber town with more logs than people.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Save the Library Redux

Could it be that the sour economy is the best friend of the good old library?

Mark Lamster|Essays

After Peter Paul Rubens (Long After)

Perusing the Christie's website a few days ago, I noticed a print attributed to William Pether "after Peter Paul Rubens."

Debbie Millman|Audio

Patrick Coyne

An interview with Patrick Coyne, editor of Communication Arts, with special guests Milton Glaser and Cheryl Heller.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Save the Library

These are tough times for those of us who care about books. The publishing industry is in a tailspin; electronic readers and the Internet are challenging the primacy of the printed page.