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Jackson Pollock on Art and Life, Shortly Before His Death
Jackson Pollock on Art and Life, Shortly Before His Death

“Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.”

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E. E. Cummings Reads “Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town” (Harvard, 1953)
E. E. Cummings Reads “Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town” (Harvard, 1953)

“…and noone stooped to kiss his face…”

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Advice to Little Girls: Young Mark Twain’s Little-Known, Lovely 1865 Children’s Book
Advice to Little Girls: Young Mark Twain’s Little-Known, Lovely 1865 Children’s Book

“Good little girls always show marked deference for the aged. You ought never to ‘sass’ old people unless they ‘sass’ you first.”

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And Tango Makes Three: The True Story of Central Park Zoo’s Same-Sex Penguin Family, Illustrated
And Tango Makes Three: The True Story of Central Park Zoo’s Same-Sex Penguin Family, Illustrated

“We’ll call her Tango … because it takes two to make a Tango.”

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The It-Doesn’t-Matter Suit: Sylvia Plath’s Little-Known, Lovely Children’s Book
The It-Doesn’t-Matter Suit: Sylvia Plath’s Little-Known, Lovely Children’s Book

A charming cautionary tale about the perils of self-consciousness.

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Made More Wonderful by Graphic Artist Michael Sieben
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Made More Wonderful by Graphic Artist Michael Sieben

“Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.”

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The Bed Book: Sylvia Plath’s Vintage Poems for Kids, Illustrated by Quentin Blake
The Bed Book: Sylvia Plath’s Vintage Poems for Kids, Illustrated by Quentin Blake

“Most Beds are Beds for sleeping and resting, but the best Beds are much more interesting!”

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Mapping Manhattan: A Love Letter in Subjective Cartography by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Malcolm Gladwell, Yoko Ono & 72 Other New Yorkers
Mapping Manhattan: A Love Letter in Subjective Cartography by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Malcolm Gladwell, Yoko Ono & 72 Other New Yorkers

“Maps are the places where memories go not to die but to live forever.”

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The Art of Cleanup: Artist Ursus Wehrli’s Playful Defiance of Life’s Chaos
The Art of Cleanup: Artist Ursus Wehrli’s Playful Defiance of Life’s Chaos

Alphabet soup made alphabetical, and other treats of visual obsessiveness.

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Tender Buttons: Gertrude Stein’s Vintage Verses About Objects, Illustrated by Lisa Congdon
Tender Buttons: Gertrude Stein’s Vintage Verses About Objects, Illustrated by Lisa Congdon

A book is a book is a book. Or is it?

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