The Books In My Life

My interests are book collecting as a hobby, vocation, and/or disorder of mind. I'll be writing about books I love/collect, new, old, banned, illustrated, rare, libraries, books as art and artifact, and anything else related to books. I am expanding my focus to include galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMS) as I earned a Master's Degree in Museum Studies, Johns Hopkins University August 2020. "Books and reality and art are all the same kind of thing to me." V. Van Gogh

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Falnama and Bibliomancy Cultural Traditions

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Over the past decade, I experienced periodic urges to study and learn more about bibliomancy, the art and practice of divination based on th...
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

The Books that Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies, by Gary Kates. A great read and fuel for further exploration and blog posts!

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  I recently completed reading this wonderful study of books that impacted the early Enlightenment (1699-1780) under the general rubric of s...
Sunday, October 6, 2019

Museum and Books : Nathaniel Hawthorne at the Peabody Essex Museum

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The Peabody Essex Museum 2019.  20th century addition (far left), original,19th century East India Marine Hall. New addition (same sou...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Possible Futures for the BOOK!

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A very enjoyable read with some surprising suggestions, acceptable history, and future possibilities.  I am "all in" that books ...
Saturday, September 21, 2019

Museums and Books: A Colonial Library at the Boston Athenæum

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If you are a Bostonian or close to the Boston area, this is an exhibition to put on your "to visit" list, Required Reading:  Reima...
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