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The Espresso Book Machine
The latest and greatest in book publishing, the Espresso Book Machine 2.0 by Jason Epstein, a Time Magazine ”Invention of the Year”: What Gutenberg’s press did for Europe in the 15th centu… more →
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Songs of the Diaspora (part two)
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Ben Friedlander wrote 22 hours ago: Back in August I was definitely fooling myself, thinking I could write about Yiddish poetry while tr … more →
Why Books Matter
Dagan Books wrote 1 week ago: “The Renaissance and the Reformation were rendered permanent by the very permanence of their c … more →
Parker's Kaleidoscope
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Ben Friedlander wrote 2 weeks ago: Theodore Parker at Age 39 In 1859, no longer able to speak from a pulpit (he had TB), Theodore Parke … more →
Very Important Lessons Learned
phdeconstruction wrote 2 weeks ago: While I had planned to write something that had been batting around in my head for a while, I had an … more →
BotW: Double Fold, with bonus discussion of e-textbooks
thegirlinthestacks wrote 3 weeks ago: This is a book I kept meaning to put up, and just kept forgetting (tragic, I know). This was assigne … more →
Reading early modern pamphlets
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Nick wrote 1 month ago: There is an interesting discussion going on over at the SHARP e-mail list about the differences betw … more →
The Birth of Poetry
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Ben Friedlander wrote 1 month ago: A story too precious to keep to myself. I found it by way of Vernon Loggins, The Negro Author in Ame … more →
Grasping at Straws from my Pigeon-hole
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phdeconstruction wrote 1 month ago: While the goal in academia is to carve out a tiny niche for yourself in the grand scheme of your dep … more →
Songs of the Diaspora (part one)
Ben Friedlander wrote 3 months ago: How two Yiddish poems about the class struggle in America became songs of Russia. "Mrs. William … more →
Little Bitty Books
mebrett wrote 3 months ago: Today I went to the local U to their special collections (the joys of working for a historic site!). … more →
The Ghetto through a Spiderweb
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Ben Friedlander wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been taking notes on Yiddish poetry, as time permits, hampered by limited access to a lib … more →
The Concept of Bible
jannekeadema1979 wrote 4 months ago: Some small stuff from around the world or the web or the world that is the web that deserves some at … more →
Inquisitor of Sprats and Compost!
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Ben Friedlander wrote 4 months ago: Rachel Loden On a recent train ride down through New England and New York to Washington I read Rache … more →
The Casquet of Literature
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Ben Friedlander wrote 5 months ago: I want to write something about Emerson’s poem “The Romany Girl,” which was first … more →
William Cullen Bryant, Poems (1821)
Ben Friedlander wrote 5 months ago: For a Library of Nineteenth-Century American Poetry William Cullen Bryant, Poems (Cambridge: Hilliar … more →
Gutenberg Museum, Fribourg
lonelylibrarian wrote 5 months ago: Das Gutenberg Museum in Fribourg widmet sich, wie schon der Name besagt, ganz und gar der Erfindung … more →
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
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rihswebsite wrote 5 months ago: Primary source institutions like libraries, museums, and historical societies are often filled with … more →
Notes for a Library of Nineteenth-Century American Poetry (part two)
Ben Friedlander wrote 5 months ago: (See part one for context.) A list! Or rather several lists ― actually just two, one short, the othe … more →
Notes for a Library of Nineteenth-Century American Poetry (part one)
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Ben Friedlander wrote 6 months ago: Image from Collecting Everyman's Library (click for link) In almost all instances, we encounter … more →
