Bart King's Blog, page 197

Wow. Valentine's Day is sure great.

I like how the "Troubled Relationship (I Wish I Could Go Back") cards are right by "Retirement".) Via.

Tower of Lincoln

The Ford's Theatre Center for Education and Leadership has a tower of books devoted to Lincoln in its lobby. PRET-ty impressive. (Via.)

"The Photocopy of Dorian Gray"

I guess the recession really has hit publishing hard. (Via.)


























Bonus: The creator of the above also has difficulty remembering the title of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment.

Why be a librarian?

"Being a librarian has its points. You get to wear
orthopedic shoes and a tiny frown as you snap the elastic band on your packet
of catalog cards." 

— Sue Hubbell ,
author and librarian at 

Brown University (via).

A green energy view on collapsing cooling towers.

Wow, marketing books sure was different in the old days.

Take this Dell paperback from 1951. Its back cover compares Alan Green's What a Body! with, well, a woman.
Fun Fact: Not counting wine and cabs, dinner for two ran about $45. (Via Rex Parker.)

This is a ski mask.

It's called a beardski. (I want!)

Top-Shelf Reader

Photo by G. Clark.


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I wonder why I never thought of Gossie this way?

I guess it's because I'm not insane! (Review, via.)
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A book is a city.

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