Many of my favorite books are ones that I’ve wanted to own for a long time, but struggled to find… others are unique items I stumbled upon unexpectedly and happily picked up… but this one doesn’t fit … more →
The gripping saga of the life of an amateur book collectorchancepress wrote 1 year ago: Many of my favorite books are ones that I’ve wanted to own for a long time, but struggled to find… o … more →
chancepress wrote 1 year ago: I first heard of Tintin through my friend Trevor. Trevor was pale and chubby (I was chubbier, but le … more →
chancepress wrote 1 year ago: I’m not much of a fan of Cubism… as art movements go, Cubism for me occupies the sphere … more →
chancepress wrote 1 year ago: The Brandeis book fare was an annual bibliophile tradition in Chicago for many years. My earliest re … more →
chancepress wrote 1 year ago: I spent enough time in academia to be inundated with literary criticism about James Joyce’s Ul … more →
chancepress wrote 1 year ago: I wrote about the Futuropolis edition Celine’s Journey to the end of the Night (illustrated by … more →
chancepress wrote 1 year ago: Most of the books I’ve described so far (specifically, the Codex Seraphinianus, Hollywood, and … more →