Noise, an underground music genre made through an amalgam of feedback, distortion, and electronic effects, first emerged in the 1980s, circulating on cassette tapes traded between fans in Japan, Europe and North America. With its cultivated obscurity, ear-shattering sound, and over-the-top performances, Noise has captured the imagination of a small but passionate transnational ...(展开全部)

Noise, an underground music genre made through an amalgam of feedback, distortion, and electronic effects, first emerged in the 1980s, circulating on cassette tapes traded between fans in Japan, Europe and North America. With its cultivated obscurity, ear-shattering sound, and over-the-top performances, Noise has captured the imagination of a small but passionate transnational ...(展开全部)

“In a letter to his parents, George Plimpton once described The Paris Review interview as ‘an essay in dialogue on technique.’ As you will see from this volume, technique is always the main topic—how a writer begins to write, to think of herself as a writer; what struggles she meets; if and how she overcomes them. But thanks to the unusual method invented by Plimpton and the ot...(展开全部)

“In a letter to his parents, George Plimpton once described The Paris Review interview as ‘an essay in dialogue on technique.’ As you will see from this volume, technique is always the main topic—how a writer begins to write, to think of herself as a writer; what struggles she meets; if and how she overcomes them. But thanks to the unusual method invented by Plimpton and the ot...(展开全部)

The turbulent life of Vincent van Gogh continues to serve as a source of inspiration for many people. In this graphic novel, artist and writer Barbara Stok takes the reader on a journey to the brief and intense period of time that the painter spent in the south of France.

Paris at War chronicles the lives of ordinary Parisians during World War II, from September 1939 when France went to war with Nazi Germany to liberation in August 1944. Readers will relive the fearful exodus from the city as the German army neared the capital, the relief and disgust felt when the armistice was signed, and the hardships and deprivations under Occupation. David D...(展开全部)

Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to bring us together, perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Paris Wife. Paris, 1939: Young and ambitious Odile Souchet has it all: her handsome police officer beau and a dream job at the ...(展开全部)

Introduced by editor Emily Nemens and illustrated by Joana Avillez, the twelve interviews in Women at Work Volume Two add to the stunning lineup in Women at Work Volume One; from Marianne Moore (1961) to Maxine Groffsky (2017)—by way of Katherine Anne Porter, Marguerite Young, May Sarton, Doris Lessing, Maya Angelou, Alice Munro, Jeanette Winterson, Wendy Wasserstein, Luisa Val...(展开全部)

Introduced by editor Emily Nemens and illustrated by Joana Avillez, the twelve interviews in Women at Work Volume Two add to the stunning lineup in Women at Work Volume One; from Marianne Moore (1961) to Maxine Groffsky (2017)—by way of Katherine Anne Porter, Marguerite Young, May Sarton, Doris Lessing, Maya Angelou, Alice Munro, Jeanette Winterson, Wendy Wasserstein, Luisa Val...(展开全部)

One overcast weekend in October 1974, Georges Perec set out in quest of the "infraordinary": the humdrum, the non-event, the everyday--"what happens," as he put it, "when nothing happens." His choice of locale was Place Saint-Sulpice, where, ensconced behind first one cafe window, then another, he spent three days recording everything to pass through his field of vision: the pe...(展开全部)