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Resurrecting the book market of Baghdad
Resurrecting the book market of Baghdad
After it is bombed, Iraq's millennium-old literary heart finds a pulse seven thousand miles away.
A Simile for Motherhood
A Simile for Motherhood
Bangles as an ode to mothers, grandmothers, their movements and their melodies.
Saint-Exupéry, Saintly Hands, Sainted Innocence
Saint-Exupéry, Saintly Hands, Sainted Innocence
A determined New Yorker keeps disappeared author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry alive.
Dad’s Dictionary
Dad’s Dictionary
What my father, crosswords, John McPhee and Readers Digest magazine have in common.
The Little Prince with a Bronx Twag
The Little Prince with a Bronx Twag
What -- and who -- fed the imagination of the man who crafted The Little Prince.
Henri Matisse: Lovely Decorative Tentacles
Henri Matisse: Lovely Decorative Tentacles
Why Henri Matisse was given unlimited budgets to produce and illustrate books.
The passports of paintings
The passports of paintings
Christie's auctions post-independence art from India, with stunning results.
Wordplay in Wonderland
Wordplay in Wonderland
How Lewis Carroll's efforts to keep a young girl entertained turned into something far more adventurous.
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