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The Art of Penguin Science Fiction

Over the years, Penguin Books has acquired quite a reputation for their distinctive book covers and graphic design. This rather unique site explores the history and cover art of science fiction published by Penguin Books from 1935 to 1977. The site was created by James Pardey, and it starts off with an introductory essay that answers the questions: "Why Penguin, and why science fiction?" After...

https://www.penguinsciencefiction.org/
Gillray Collection

Throughout history, illustrators and others have seen fit to accurately skewer politicians, religious leaders, and countless others through their creative drawings and words. Born in 1756, English illustrator James Gillray was part of this honorable tradition. He reigned supreme during a period that became known as the "golden age of English caricature," and he "chronicled and ridiculed the...

https://library.princeton.edu/special-collections/collection...
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Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 78, James Baldwin

Born in Harlem in 1924, James Baldwin moved to France in the late 1950s because he didn't want to be read as "merely a Negro; or, even, merely a Negro writer." He lived the rest of his life in Paris and the French Riviera, publishing fiction and essays that deeply influenced American literature from afar. This interview with Baldwin, published in the Paris Review a few years before the author's...

https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2994/the-art-of-fi...
iTunes Remote Control

As of late, there are dozens of programs that allow users to customize the iTunes program in a number of compelling ways. Some of them are fairly straight-forward, such as this version of iTunes Remote Control. As its name implies, the application gives users the ability to control iTunes on a remote machine, along with basic playlist support. This version is compatible with computers running Max...

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/itunes-remote/id284417350
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Cosmogonic Tattoos

"Cosmogonies are the stories we tell ourselves in order to make sense of the world," explains Jim Cogswell, artist and faculty member at the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design. Cogswell's new exhibit, "Cosmogonic Tattoos" is intended to honor two of the University of Michigan's museums - the Kelsey Museum of Archeology and University of Michigan Museum of Art - and demonstrate...

https://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/jim-cogswell-cosmog...
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