Left Bank Books closed at the end of the year – the website has not been changed yet- and reopened recently. The lovely bookshop specialized in Modern First Editions, Photography, Art, and Film is also interested in used books especially when they are signed ones. I can say that is the best way to seduce [...]

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JD Salinger died a few days ago. If by any chance you haven’t yet read Catcher in the Rye, it’s probably the time to do it. It fits perfectly the mood and the soul of people who love New York. The pace of the writing reminds the energy of the city and the story takes [...]

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Amongst the peculiarity of NYC, there is the birth of graffiti i.e the birth of a new culture in the 70’s. In 1974, the iconoclast Norman Mailer wrote an essay about this art pairing Jon Naar’s stunning photography. The Faith of Graffiti became a milestone. Yesterday, Jon Naar presented a slideshow of his pictures followed [...]

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Patti Smith is one of the main figure of the NYC scene since the late 60’s. She spent the early ’70s painting, writing, and performing when she was a member of the St. Mark’s Poetry Project. Her music belongs now to history. Since yesterday, she  has a book out, Just Kids. Her first book of prose, [...]

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The 8th issue of n+1 has just been released with interesting pieces on gentrification, New left review 1962-present or R we going to Day Alone? This twice yearly journal of politics, literature, and culture represents a side of NYC where the team is based. In 2004, four American Ivy League guys, in their early [...]

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Powerhouse, located in Dumbo, one of our favorite bookshop, is having a sample sale of its books up to 95% off!! it’s the place to shop for christmas gifts. Not only. It has also set a pop up store  with amazing Japanese books, music, Superheadz cameras etc…
Till january 4th, 2010
37 Main St. Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) [...]

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Last night, Grace Coddington signed her book at Click gallery. The place was not packed but people would wait on line to have the Vogue creative director sign a copy. A few block away, at Select café, Martin Margiela was celebrating the release of his book. Thrusday are nights out in the city. RB©RB
424 Broome [...]

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Powerhouse, one of our favorite bookshop, released, later this september,  High Glitz: The Extravagant World of Child Pageants a startling and surprising book. Well, we all know that some parents take their girls for dolls but it remains shocking to look at these photos. Susan Anderson lives in LA where maybe this disfunctionnal behaviour is [...]

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Today the book Art for Obama With Shepard Fairey was released. Check the awe-inspiring slideshow.
ART FOR OBAMA: Designing Manifest Hope and the Campaign for Change
Abrams Image  $22.50 US, 150 full-color illustrations; 184 pages

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Gerald Howard worked woth Jim Carroll.  He wrote an instructive and lively piece about him on slate.fr. One quote “He was a classic and now vanishing New York type: the smart (and smartass) Irish kid with style, street savvy, and whatever the Gaelic word for chutzpah is.“

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