#Latoya Henry

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 5.29

Beer Birthdays

Tony Magee (1960)

Chris Crabb (1969)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Patrick Henry; writer, patriot (1736)

John F. Kennedy; 35th U.S. President (1917)

Steven Levitt; economist (1967)

Aaron McGruder; cartoonist (1974)

T.H. White; English writer (1906)

Famous Birthdays

Isaac Albeniz; composer (1860)

Annette Bening; actor (1958)

Gary Brooker; rock keyboardist (1945)

Ebenezer Butterick; tailor, invented sewing patterns (1826)

G.K. Chesterton; English writer (1874)

Andrew Clements; writer (1949) James Clifton; actor (1921)

Kevin Conway; actor (1942)

Paul Ehrlich; biologist (1932)

Danny Elfman; rock musician, composer (1953)

Melissa Etheridge; pop singer, songwriter (1961)

Rupert Everett; actor (1959)

Henry Frankfurt; philosopher (1929)

George L. Funke; botanist (1896)

Noel Gallagher; rock musician (1967)

Bob Hope; comedian, actor (1903)

LaToya Jackson; pop singer (1956)

Simon Jones; rock musician (1972)

Stacy Keach Sr.; actor (1914)

Chin Kinchla; rock guitarist (1969)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold; composer (1897)

Beatrice Lillie; actor (1894)

Nick Mancuso; actor (1948)

Johnny "Blue Moon" Odom; Oakland A's P (1945)

Oswald Spengler; German philosopher (1880)

Daniel Tosh; comedian (1975)

Al Unser; auto racer (1939)

Lisa Whelchel; actor (1963)

Eugene Wright; jazz bassist (1923)

[musingsofmonica]

August 2023 Diverse Reads

August 2023 Diverse Reads

•”Happiness Falls” by Angie Kim, August 29, Hogarth Press, Literary Mystery 

•”Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare” by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, August 29, Bloomsbury Publishing, Short Story Collection — Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology (Hawaiian Identify) 

•”The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride, Riverhead Books, Historical

•”Family Lore” by Elizabeth Acevedo, August 1, Ecco Press, Literary/Magical Realism

“A Council of Dolls” by Mona Susan Power, August 7, Mariner Books, Literary — Coming of Age/Native American & Aboriginal/Magical Realism

•”Tomb Sweeping: Stories” by Alexandra Chang, August 8, Ecco Press, Short Story Collection — Asian American  

•”The End of August” by Yu Miri, Translated by Morgan Giles, August 1, Riverhead Books, Historical/Saga 

•”Holler, Child: Stories” by Latoya Watkins, August 29, Tiny Reparations Books, Short Story Collection — African American  

•”Vampires of El Norte” by Isabel Cañas, August 15, Berkley Books, Gothic Thriller/Horror/Suspense 

•”Las Madres” by Esmeralda Santiago, August 1, 

Knopf Publishing Group, Literary

•”Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women” by Sandra Guzman, August 15, Amistad Press, Anthology — American: Hispanic & Latino

•”Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls” by Kai Cheng Thom, August 01, Dual Press,  Nonfiction/Poetry/Motivation

•”The Art of Scandal” by Regina Black, August 1, Grand Central Publishing, Romance

•”Her Radiant Curse” by Elizabeth Lim, August 29, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, Fantasy/Fairy Tales/Folklore 

•”The Apology” by Jimin Han, August 1, Little Brown and Company, Family Saga/Magical Realism

•”The Water Outlaws” by S. L. Huang, August 22, Tordotcom, Fantasy

•”The Queen of the Valley” by Lorena Hughes, August 22, Kensington Publishing, Historical

•”I Will Greet the Sun Again” by Khashayar J. Khabushani, August 1, Hogarth Press, Contemporary — Coming of Age/LGBTQ+/Muslim

•”The Peach Seed” by Anita Gail Jones, August 1, Henry Holt & Company, Literary 

•”Lush Lives” by J. Vanessa Lyon, August 1, Roxane Gay Books, Literary

Happy Reading!

Mo✌️

[wellesleybooks]

The National Book Award finalists have been announced.

2023 Longlist for the National Book Award for Fiction:

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars Pantheon Books / Penguin Random House

Aaliyah Bilal, Temple Folk Simon & Schuster

Eliot Duncan, Ponyboy W. W. Norton & Company

Paul Harding, This Other Eden W. W. Norton & Company

Tania James, Loot Knopf / Penguin Random House

Jayne Anne Phillips, Night Watch Knopf / Penguin Random House

Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls Mariner Books / HarperCollins Publishers

Hanna Pylväinen, The End of Drum-Time Henry Holt and Company / Macmillan Publishers

Justin Torres, Blackouts Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers

LaToya Watkins, Holler, Child Tiny Reparations Books / Penguin Random House

2023 Longlist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction:

Ned Blackhawk, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History Yale University Press

Jonathan Eig, King: A Life Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers

Viet Thanh Nguyen, A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial Grove Press / Grove Atlantic

Prudence Peiffer, The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever Harper / HarperCollins Publishers

Donovan X. Ramsey, When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era One World / Penguin Random House

Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice Hogarth / Penguin Random House

Christina Sharpe, Ordinary Notes Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers

Raja Shehadeh, We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir Other Press

John Vaillant, Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World Knopf / Penguin Random House

Kidada E. Williams, I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction Bloomsbury Publishing

2023 Longlist for the National Book Award for Poetry:

John Lee Clark, How to Communicate W. W. Norton & Company

Oliver de la Paz, The Diaspora Sonnets Liveright / W. W. Norton & Company

Annelyse Gelman, Vexations University of Chicago Press

José Olivarez, Promises of Gold Henry Holt and Company / Macmillan Publishers

Craig Santos Perez, from unincorporated territory [åmot] Omnidawn Publishing

Paisley Rekdal, West: A Translation Copper Canyon Press

Brandon Som, Tripas Georgia Review Books / University of Georgia Press

Charif Shanahan, Trace Evidence Tin House Books

Evie Shockley, suddenly we Wesleyan University Press Monica Youn, From From Graywolf Press

2023 Longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature:

Juan Cárdenas, The Devil of the Provinces Translated from the Spanish by Lizzie Davis Coffee House Press

Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny Translated from the Korean by Anton Hur Algonquin Books / Hachette Book Group

David Diop, Beyond the Door of No Return Translated from the French by Sam Taylor Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers

Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos Translated from the German by Michael Hofmann New Directions Publishing

Stênio Gardel, The Words That Remain Translated from the Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato New Vessel Press

Khaled Khalifa, No One Prayed Over Their Graves Translated from the Arabic by Leri Price Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers

Fernanda Melchor, This Is Not Miami Translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes New Directions Publishing

Pilar Quintana, Abyss Translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman World Editions

Astrid Roemer, On a Woman’s Madness Translated from the Dutch by Lucy Scott Two Lines Press

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, The Most Secret Memory of Men Translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud Other Press

2023 Longlist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature:

Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says Disney-Hyperion Books / Disney Publishing Worldwide

Kenneth M. Cadow, Gather Candlewick Press

Alyson Derrick, Forget Me Not Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers / Simon & Schuster

Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares? Dial Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House

Vashti Harrison, Big Little, Brown Books for Young Readers / Hachette Book Group

Katherine Marsh, The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine Roaring Brook Press / Macmillan Publishers

Dan Nott, Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day Random House Graphic / Penguin Random House

Dan Santat, A First Time for Everything First Second / Macmillan Publishers

Betty C. Tang, Parachute Kids Graphix / Scholastic, Inc.

Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long, More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers / Macmillan Publishers

[leanstooneside]

Double lifting DDT (GJALLER)

◊ clarke

◊ emily

◊ bobby cortland

◊ bret thompson

◊ anabel figurine

◊ mrs. rachael adams

◊ len indict

◊ dee

◊ sullivan

◊ morgan capacity

◊ ira

◊ cynthia

◊ catalina diffuse

◊ clay

◊ henri chenille

◊ joan bialystok

◊ rachael

◊ alberto jack

◊ don wade

◊ mark twain

◊ ester

◊ kenneth

◊ prof. salvatore sacchi

◊ dana

◊ coleman

◊ ilona conjunct

◊ woodrow chianti

◊ lester

◊ sir: brbr

◊ jennifer

◊ bradford delilah

◊ eloise colloquy

◊ johnson

◊ madeline

◊ latoya

◊ bess

[dfwnews]

The Return of AFRIMMA is Here with this year’s theme, This is Africa

The Return of AFRIMMA is Here with this year’s theme, This is Africa

By LaToya Henry So, what exactly is AFRIMMA? I’m glad you asked. I had a chance to catch up with the mastermind and founder Anderson Obiagwu, known to many as “Big A”, to talk about the weekend line up, his foundation and what he plans to wear to the 9th highly anticipated African Muzik Magazine Awards [AFRIMMA]. One can agree that the entertainment industry can overlook individual talent and, in…

[boricuacherry-blog]

In 1980 Randy accompanied Janet and mother Katherine to the offices of Jackson Productions at 6255 Sunset Boulevard. She confronted Joe's mistress who was only 19 years old and began "punching her, taking a blunt object and striking her," as her son Randy joined in the abuse.

[nakeddeparture]

JETBLUE employees.  Word is they were running a scam and were all fired.  Information subject to confirmation....   Per Anonymous

Naked Departure

[duckprintspress]

Our Favorite Queer Books for Children

Many members of Duck Prints Press have young children, so we got to talking about what our favorite queer children’s stories are. These are all picture books - aimed at children under 8. This list doesn’t include any middle grade or young adult books.

Note that, regarding any individual book, we’re not saying, “this is flawless,” “this is perfect rep,” or “this is the right book for everyone/every situation/every family.” I’ve included a few notes about each book, to give a general idea of the representation it incorporates, but we always recommend that you read the full descriptions at the links provided (which are to Bookshop.org whenever possible), assess the book, borrow it from the library - basically, give it a read, and assess for yourself, and always pick with your own situation and sensibilities in mind when buying books for the young children in your life!

The list is in alphabetical order by book title.

A is for Activist

Author and Illustrator: Innosanto Nagara

An alphabet book, with intersectionality, disability, race, queerness, and more.

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The Adventures of Honey and Leon

Author: Alan Cumming

Illustrator: Grant Shaffer

mlm, semi-autobiographical.

Book 1 | Book 2

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And Tango Makes Three

Authors: Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

Illustrator: Henry Cole

mlm, queer parents, adoption, based on a true story.

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Be Who You Are

Author: Jennifer Carr

Illustrator: Ben Rumback

Trans girl, supportive family.

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Charlotte, Wander On

Author: Matt Cubberly

Illustrator: Irina Kovalova

(you’ll have to read and find out!)

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A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

Author: Jill Twiss

Illustrator: E. G. Keller

mlm, politics.

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Everywhere Babies

Author: Susan Meyers

Illustrator: Marla Frazee

wlw, mlm. Queer parents. Stealth.

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The Frog and Toad Collection

Author and Illustrator: Arnold Lobel

mlm. Stealth.

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Heather Has Two Mommies

Author: Lesléa Newman

Illustrator: Laura Cornell

wlw, queer parents

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I Am Jazz

Authors: Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings

Illustrator: Shelagh McNicholas

Trans girl, supportive parents. Auto-biographical.

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Intersectional Allies

Authors: Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, Carolyn Choi

Illustrator: Ashley Seil Smith

Intersectionality, focused on disability, race, and religion.

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Jaime is Jaime

Author: Afsaneh Moradian

Illustrator: Maria Bogade

Gender non-conformity.

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Julian is a Mermaid

Author and Illustrator: Jessica Love

Gender non-conformity.

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Llama Glamarama

Author: Simon James Green

Illustrator: Garry Parsons

Gender non-conformity

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My Friends and Me

Author: Stephanie Stansbie

Illustrator: Katy Halford

mlm, wlw. Queer parents.

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Neither

Author and Illustrator: Arlie Anderson

Gender non-conformity; can also be seen as an allegory for non-binary and/or intersex and/or other forms of gender queerness. Stealth.

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One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dad

Author: Johnny Valentine

Illustrator: Melody Sarecky

mlm. Queer parents.

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Quackers

Author and Illustrator: Liz Wong

Gender non-conformity; can also be seen as an allegory for non-binary and/or trans and/or other forms of gender queerness. Stealth.

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Rainbow

Author: Michael Genhart

Illustrator: Anne Passchier

“A First Book of Pride” - the cover says it best.

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Red: A Crayon Story

Author and Illustrator: Michael Hall

Trans children and/or children with trans parents.

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She’s My Dad

Author: Sarah Savage

Illustrator: Joules Garcia

Transgender adult/parent.

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The Story of Ferdinand

Author: Munro Leaf

Illustrator: Robert Lawson

Gender non-conformity. Stealth.

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Unicorn Day

Author: Diana Murray

Illustrator: Luke Flowers

Gender non-conformity and/or trans and/or genderqueer, depending how you look at it.

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We’re All Wonders

Author and Illustrator: R. J. Palacio

Self-acceptance, with an emphasis on neurodivergence, disability, and queerness.

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What Are Your Words? A Book About Pronouns

Author: Katherine Locke

Illustrator: Anne Passchier

About pronouns. Non-binary representation and neo-pronouns included.

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What Colour is Love?

Author: Linda Strachan

Illustrator: David Wojtowycz

Diversity.

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Worm Loves Worm

Author: J. J. Austrian

Illustrator: Mike Curato

wlw/mlm. Gender non-conformity.

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The Pea that Was Me Series

Author and Illustrator: Kimberly Kluger-Bell

Different kinds of pregnancies, including mlm and wlw parents.

An Egg and Sperm | Egg Donation | Embryo Donation | IVF | Sperm Donation | A Single Mom and Sperm Donor | Two Dads, Egg Donation and Surrogacy | Two Moms and Sperm Donor

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Contributions by: unforth, Willa, nottesilhouette, foxymoley, FallingIntoBlue, Owlish, Annabeth, nickelkeep, fpwoper

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So, what are your favorite queer picture books?

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this Op-Ed from the New York Times:

There was not enough time to fully evacuate New Orleans before Hurricane Ida hit. The hurricane intensified too rapidly. Thousands who could flee, did. Mayor LaToya Cantrell urged those left behind, including many without the money or resources to pack up and go, to “hunker down.” The storm tore off roofs and wiped out power.

We are now at the dawn of America’s Great Climate Migration Era. For now, it is piecemeal, and moves are often temporary. Brutalized by hurricanes, flooding and a winter storm, Lake Charles, La., residents have been living with relatives for months. In early August, the Dixie fire — the largest single fire in recorded California history — claimed at least one entire town, and locals took to living in tents. Apartment dwellers in Lynn Haven, Fla., were forced from their homes to slosh through streets flooded by Tropical Storm Fred. The evacuee tally has continued to rise, from New Englanders in the path of Hurricane Henri to flood survivors in North Carolina and Tennessee to people escaping fire in Montana and Minnesota.

But permanent relocations, by individuals and eventually whole communities, are increasingly becoming unavoidable.

Climate-linked disasters are now such a common threat to our homes that the real estate brokerage firm Redfin recently unveiled a rating system that scores climate risk down to the ZIP code. In the United States, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center found 1.7 million disaster-related displacements in 2020 alone.

Moving safely and efficiently from vulnerable areas more than temporarily remains a steep challenge for most Americans. As the U.S. Government Accountability Office concluded in a 2020 report, “Unclear federal leadership is the key challenge to climate migration as a resilience strategy.”

Increasingly, Indigenous peoples, community organizations, local governments, universities and others have stepped in to fill this void in leadership. They’ve developed innovative relocation plans and tools for towns and cities scrambling for solutions. In the wake of Ida, tied as the fifth-most-powerful hurricane to lash the United States, the federal government must make climate migration a viable option for all.

[miamiartdistrict]

KAMROOZ ARAM

on the ancient arts of Iran

Achaemenid (Iran, Susa). Bricks with a palmette motif, ca. 6th–4th century B.C. Ceramic, glaze. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1948 (48.98.20a–c)

The Artist Project

Vito Acconci on Gerrit Rietveld's Zig Zag Stoel

Ann Agee on the Villeroy Harlequin Family

Diana Al-Hadid on the cubiculum from the villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale

Ghada Amer on an Iranian tile panel, Garden Gathering

Kamrooz Aram on the ancient arts of Iran

Cory Arcangel on the harpsichord

John Baldessari on Philip Guston's Stationary Figure

Barry X Ball on an Egyptian fragment of a queen’s face

Ali Banisadr on Hieronymus Bosch's The Adoration of the Magi

Dia Batal on a Syrian tile panel with calligraphic inscription

Zoe Beloff on Édouard Manet's Civil War (Guerre Civile)

Dawoud Bey on Roy DeCarava

Nayland Blake on boli

Barbara Bloom on Vilhelm Hammershøi's Moonlight, Strandgade 30

Andrea Bowers on Howardena Pindell

Mark Bradford on Clyfford Still

Cecily Brown on medieval sculptures of the Madonna and Child

Luis Camnitzer on Giovanni Battista Piranesi's etchings

Nick Cave on Kuba cloths

Alejandro Cesarco on Gallery 907

Enrique Chagoya on Goya's Los Caprichos

Roz Chast on Italian Renaissance painting

Willie Cole on Ci Wara sculpture

George Condo on Claude Monet's The Path through the Irises

Petah Coyne on a Japanese outer robe with Mount Hōrai

Njideka Akunyili CROSBY on Georges Seurat's Embroidery; The Artist's Mother

John Currin on Ludovico Carracci's The Lamentation

Moyra Davey on a rosary terminal bead with lovers and Death's head

Edmund de Waal on an ewer in the shape of a Tibetan monk's cap

Thomas Demand on the Gubbio studiolo

Jacob El Hanani on the Mishneh Torah, by Master of the Barbo Missal

Teresita Fernández on Precolumbian gold

Spencer Finch on William Michael Harnett's The Artist's Letter Rack

Eric Fischl on Max Beckmann's Beginning

Roland Flexner on Jacques de Gheyn II's Vanitas Still Life

Walton Ford on Jan van Eyck and workshop's The Last Judgment

Natalie Frank on Käthe Kollwitz

LaToya Ruby FRAZIER on Gordon Parks's Red Jackson

Suzan Frecon on Duccio di Buoninsegna's Madonna and Child

Adam Fuss on a marble grave stele of a little girl

Maureen Gallace on Paul Cézanne's still life paintings with apples

Jeffrey Gibson on Vanuatu slit gongs

Nan Goldin on Julia Margaret Cameron

Wenda Gu on Robert Motherwell's Lyric Suite

Ann Hamilton on a Bamana marionette

Jane Hammond on snapshots and vernacular photography

Zarina Hashmi on Arabic calligraphy

Sheila Hicks on The Organ of Mary, a prayer book by Ethiopian scribe Baselyos

Rashid Johnson on Robert Frank

Y.Z. Kami on Egyptian mummy portraits

Deborah Kass on Athenian vases

Nina Katchadourian on Early Netherlandish portraiture

Alex Katz on Franz Kline's Black, White, and Gray

Jeff Koons on Roman sculpture

An-My Lê on Eugène Atget's Cuisine

Il Lee on Rembrandt van Rijn's portraits

Lee Mingwei on Chinese ceremonial robes

Lee Ufan on the Moon Jar

Glenn Ligon on The Great Bieri

Lin Tianmiao on Alex Katz's Black and Brown Blouse

Kalup Linzy on Édouard Manet

Robert Longo on Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)

Nicola López on works on paper

Nalini Malani on Hanuman Bearing the Mountaintop with Medicinal Herbs

Kerry James MARSHALL on Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres's Odalisque in Grisaille

Josiah McElheny on Horace Pippin

Laura McPhee on Pieter Bruegel the Elder's The Harvesters

Josephine Meckseper on George Tooker's Government Bureau

Julie Mehretu on Velázquez's Juan de Pareja

Alexander Melamid on Ernest Meissonier's 1807, Friedland

Mariko Mori on Botticelli's The Annunciation

Vik Muniz on The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art

Wangechi Mutu on Egon Schiele

James Nares on Chinese calligraphy

Catherine Opie on the Louis XIV bedroom

Cornelia Parker on Robert Capa's The Falling Soldier

Izhar Patkin on Shiva as Lord of Dance

Sheila Pepe on European armor

Raymond Pettibon on Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sopheap Pich on Vincent van Gogh's drawings

Robert Polidori on Jules Bastien-Lepage's Joan of Arc

Rona Pondick on Egyptian sculpture fragments

Liliana Porter on Jacometto's Portrait of a Young Man

Wilfredo Prieto on Auguste Rodin's sculptures

Rashid Rana on Umberto Boccioni's Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

Krishna Reddy on Henry Moore

Matthew Ritchie on The Triumph of Fame over Death

Dorothea Rockburne on an ancient Near Eastern head of a ruler

Alexis Rockman on Martin Johnson Heade's Hummingbird and Passionflowers

Annabeth Rosen on ceramic deer figurines

Martha Rosler on The Met Cloisters

Tom Sachs on the Shaker Retiring Room

David Salle on Marsden Hartley

Carolee Schneemann on Cycladic female figures

Dana Schutz on Balthus's The Mountain

Arlene Shechet on a bronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer

James Siena on the Buddha of Medicine Bhaishajyaguru

Katrín Sigurdardóttir on the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse

Shahzia Sikander on Persian miniature painting

Joan Snyder on Florine Stettheimer's Cathedrals paintings

Pat Steir on the Kongo Power Figure

Thomas Struth on Chinese Buddhist sculpture

Hiroshi Sugimoto on Bamboo in the Four Seasons, attributed to Tosa Mitsunobu

Eve Sussman on William Eggleston

Swoon on Honoré Daumier's The Third-Class Carriage

Sarah Sze on the Tomb of Perneb

Paul Tazewell on Anthony van Dyck's portraits

Wayne Thiebaud on Rosa Bonheur's The Horse Fair

Hank Willis THOMAS on a daguerreotype button

Mickalene Thomas on Seydou Keïta

Fred Tomaselli on Guru Dragpo

Jacques Villeglé on Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso

Mary Weatherford on Goya's Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga

William Wegman on Walker Evans's postcard collection

Kehinde Wiley on John Singer Sargent

Betty Woodman on a Minoan terracotta larnax

Xu Bing on Jean-François Millet's Haystacks: Autumn

Dustin Yellin on ancient Near Eastern cylinder seals

Lisa Yuskavage on Édouard Vuillard's The Green Interior

Zhang Xiaogang on El Greco's The Vision of Saint John

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 5.29

Beer Birthdays

Tony Magee (1960)

Chris Crabb (1969)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Patrick Henry; writer, patriot (1736)

John F. Kennedy; 35th U.S. President (1917)

Steven Levitt; economist (1967)

Aaron McGruder; cartoonist (1974)

T.H. White; English writer (1906)

Famous Birthdays

Isaac Albeniz; composer (1860)

Annette Bening; actor (1958)

Gary Brooker; rock keyboardist (1945)

Ebenezer Butterick; tailor, invented sewing patterns (1826)

G.K. Chesterton; English writer (1874)

Andrew Clements; writer (1949) James Clifton; actor (1921)

Kevin Conway; actor (1942)

Paul Ehrlich; biologist (1932)

Danny Elfman; rock musician, composer (1953)

Melissa Etheridge; pop singer, songwriter (1961)

Rupert Everett; actor (1959)

Henry Frankfurt; philosopher (1929)

George L. Funke; botanist (1896)

Noel Gallagher; rock musician (1967)

Bob Hope; comedian, actor (1903)

LaToya Jackson; pop singer (1956)

Simon Jones; rock musician (1972)

Stacy Keach Sr.; actor (1914)

Chin Kinchla; rock guitarist (1969)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold; composer (1897)

Beatrice Lillie; actor (1894)

Nick Mancuso; actor (1948)

Johnny "Blue Moon" Odom; Oakland A's P (1945)

Oswald Spengler; German philosopher (1880)

Daniel Tosh; comedian (1975)

Al Unser; auto racer (1939)

Lisa Whelchel; actor (1963)

Eugene Wright; jazz bassist (1923)

[worklabournewsresearch]

Vision & Justice: A Creative Convening on Art, Race, and Justice

“Aperture is pleased to present “Vision & Justice: A Civic Curriculum,” a free publication released on the occasion of Vision & Justice: A Creative Convening on Art, Race, and Justice, a landmark two-day conference taking place at Radcliffe on April 25–26, [2019] organized by Professor Sarah Lewis. In 2016, Lewis guest edited Aperture’s summer issue, “Vision & Justice,” a monumental edition of the magazine that sparked a national conversation on the role of photography in constructions of citizenship, race, and justice.

The 80-page “Civic Curriculum,” edited by Lewis, will be made available at the conference, and includes thirty-one texts on topics ranging from civic space and memorials to the intersections of race, technology, and justice. Highlights include a wide-ranging conversation between filmmaker Ava DuVernay and cinematographer Bradford Young; an interview between Lewis and Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative; and Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s essay on Frederick Douglass. Amanda Gorman, first Youth Poet Laureate of the United States, wrote for the publication; “Vision & Justice: A Civic Curriculum” also includes contributions by Elizabeth Alexander, Alexandra Bell, Robin Bernstein, LaToya Ruby Frazier, For Freedoms, Doreen St. Félix, Naomi Wadler, Darren Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, and Deborah Willis.

“’American citizenship has long been a project of vision and justice,’”said Lewis, who is Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and African and African American Studies at Harvard. ‘When I was asked to guest edit a special issue of Aperture magazine, inspired by my course, which has led to this convening, I could think of no other theme. Understanding the relationship of race and the quest for full citizenship in this country requires an advanced state of visual literacy, particularly during periods of turmoil.’”

Aperture, April 25, 2019: “Aperture Announces Free Publication for Historic Convening at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute,”

“Aperture, April 24, 2019: “Vision & Justice: A Civic Curriculum (41 pages, PDF)

Events & Conferences: Radcliff Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, April 25 - 26, 2019: Vision & Justice (includes videos)

Racial bias built Into photography

“My work looks at how the right to be recognized justly in a democracy has been tied to the impact of images and representation in the public realm. It examines how the construction of public pictures limits and enlarges our notion of who counts in American society. It is the subject of my core curriculum class at Harvard University. It also happened to be the subject of my presentation that day. “

The New York Times, April 25, 2019: “The Racial Bias Built Into Photography: Sarah Lewis explores the relationship between racism and the camera,”  by Sarah Lewis

[miss-rosen]

MORE THAN 650 WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF LEGENDARY ARTS PATRON PEGGY COOPER CAFRITZ GIFTED TO THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM AND THE DUKE ELLINGTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

Legendary arts patron, educator and civil rights activist Peggy Cooper Cafritz (1947–2018) has bequeathed more than 400 works to the Studio Museum and over 250 to the Duke Ellington School marks the largest gift ever made of contemporary art by artists of African descent.

Artists include: Nina Chanel Abney, Derrick Adams, Sadie Barnette, Sanford Biggers, Nick Cave, Renee Cox, Emory Douglas, Samuel Fosso, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Theaster Gates, David Hammons, Titus Kaphar, Deana Lawson, Simone Leigh, Kerry James Marshall, Wangechi Mutu, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Chris Ofili, Lorraine O’Grady, Ebony G. Patterson, Deborah Roberts, Tschabalala Self, Malick Sidibé, Lorna Simpson, Henry Taylor, Mickalene Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, James VanDerZee, William Villalongo, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Kehinde Wiley, Jack Whitten, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, and more.

THE CLASSICS | THE ART WORLD REMEMBERS THE FORCE OF NATURE WE LOST TOO SOON Miss Rosen for Dazed

Never let it be said that one person can’t change the world. African-American philanthropist, activist, and collector Peggy Cooper Cafritz (1947–2018) did just this, over and over again. As a doyenne of arts and education in the nation’s capital, Cooper Cafritz was a force of nature.

Hailing from Mobile, Alabama, Ms Cooper Cafritz moved north in 1964 to attend George Washington University, with a mission to fight against segregation at the tail end of Jim Crow. As a senior in 1968, she had a vision of what would become one of her greatest accomplishments: a public high school that served artistically gifted students of colour from disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

In 1974, Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Ellington officially opened, providing professional training in music, theatre, paintings, and dance, along with an academic curriculum. Notable alumni include comedian Dave Chapelle, singer-songwriter Me’Shell Ndegéocello, and operatic mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves.

Ms Cooper Cafrtiz did not stop there. Her dedication to cultivating talent extended far beyond the school grounds as she took a hands-on approach in developing one of the largest private collections of African-American and African art that includes work by Kehinde Wiley, David Hammons, Kerry James Marshall, Mickalene Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, Emory Douglas, Barkley L. Hendricks, and LaToya Ruby Frazier, to name just a few.

Tragically, more than 300 pieces of the collection were destroyed in July 2009 after a fire at her home. It was a loss that would have devastated many, but Ms Cooper Cafritz, in her inimitable grace and determination, soldiered on. Working with co-editor Charmaine Picard, Ms Cooper Cafritz created Fired Up! Ready to Go!; Finding Beauty, Demanding Equality: An African American Life in Art (Rizzoli), a stunning volume that showcases 200 of the lost works.

On February 18, just five days before the book’s official release, Ms Cooper Cafritz died at the age of 70. Her death came as a shock to the artists whose careers she helped to nurture and cultivate. Two months on, Ms Picard and a host of leading artists remember the life and legacy of Peggy Cooper Cafritz.

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Top: Nina Chanel Abney, Untitled, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 in. Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, © Nina Chanel Abney

Bottom: Peggy Cooper CafritzCopyright Marquéo

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Episode 309

October solicits

Comic Reviews:

Blue and Gold 1 by Dan Jurgens, Ryan Sook

Shazam 1 by Tim Sheridan, Clayton Henry, Marcelo Maiolo

Superman and the Authority 1 by Grant Morrison, Mikel Janin, Jordie Bellaire

Superman: Red and Blue 5 by Judd Winick, Ibrahim Moustafa, G. Willow Wilson, Valentine De Landro, Joshua Williamson, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Hi-Fi, Mark Buckingham, Lee Loughridge, Daniel Warren Johnson

Extreme Carnage: Phage by Steve Orlando, Gerardo Sandoval, Victor Nava, Chris Sotomayor

Moon Knight 1 by Jed MacKay, Alessandro Cappuccio, Rachelle Rosenberg

Thor Annual by Aaron Kuder, Cam Smith, Chris O'Halloran

Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters: Jabba the Hutt 1 by Justina Ireland, Ibraim Roberson, Luca Pizzari, Edgar Delgado, Giada Marchisio

M.O.M.: Mother of Madness 1 by Emilia Clarke, Marguerite Bennett, Leila Leiz

Syphon 1 by Mohsen Ashraf, Patrick Meaney, Jeff Edwards, John Kalisz

Mawrth Valliis by EPHK

Bermuda 1 by John Layman, Nick Bradshaw, Len O'Grady

Dejah Thoris vs. John Carter of Mars 1 by Dan Abnett, Alessandro Miracolo, Dearbhla Kelly

Tales From Harrow County: The Fair Folk 1 by Cullen Bunn, Emily Schnall, Tyler Crook

Dark Blood 1 by Latoya Morgan, Walt Barna, A.H.G.

Everyone is Tulip by Nicole Goux, Dave Baker, Ellie Hall

One Line by Ray Fawkes

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Night Jackal by Heath Michaels, Philip Renne, Falk Hansel

Additional Reviews: Batman the Adventures Continue vol 1, The Empty Man, Washington Black, Masters of the Universe, Fargo s4, Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans, Schmigadoon, Sexy Beasts, Owl House ep7, Fear Street 1666, How the Best Hunter in the Village Met Her Death by Molly Knox Ostertag

News: Millar's new comic King of Spies, Batgirl casting, Larime Taylor TV series in development, Blade director, Anansi Boys adaptation, All-Nighters comixology series from Zdarsky, Michaela Coel cast in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina returns, Michael B. Jordan black Superman project, All-Nighters, Remender is a naughty boy, Eisners, Amphibia season 3 release date, Ms. Marvel and Hawkeye confirmed for 2021, odd Legends news, Snyder signs massive deal with Comixology/Dark Horse, Astro City returns to Image

Trailers: Malignant, Nope, Doctor Who series 13, Dexter: New Blood

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Comics Countdown: 

Many Deaths of Laila Starr 4 by Ram V, Filipe Andrade

Black Hammer Reborn 2 by Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart

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Ascender 17 by Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen

Usagi Yojimbo 21 by Stan Sakai

Undiscovered Country 14 by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Leonardo Marcello Grassi, Matt Wilson

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Snow Angels Season Two 2 by Jeff Lemire, Jock

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Radiant Black 6 by Kyle Higgins, Cherish Chen, Darko Lafuente, Miquel Muerto, Becca Carey

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“Grief and Grievance” [Press Preview] @ The New Museum by j- No Via Flickr: LES Manhattan NYC Feb. 16, 2021 exhibition on show thru June 6, 2021

Opening to coincide with Black History Month, “Grief and Grievance” is an exhibition that focuses on the intersection of white nationalism and the cultural memory of Black grief as central to American life, as articulated in the work of contemporary Black American artists working in nearly every artistic medium.

The show, as conceived by the late Okwui Enwezor, was originally intended to begin prior to the 2020 U.S. presidential election, but due to the current global pandemic, the opening had to be delayed. The project was completed by Naomi Beckwith, Massimiliano Gioni, Glenn Ligon, and Mark Nash as curatorial advisors.

In Enwezor’s view, the works in this exhibition help illustrate the idea that "mourning is a practice that permeates the social, economic, and emotional realities of Black life in America as it is experienced across multiple generations", from the civil rights movement of the 1960s to issues of police violence in the United States in the 1990s and today. The works of these artists stand as proof that many of the concerns driving the current debates around race, discrimination, and violence in America and that Black grief remains a national emergency that must not be ignored.

The 37 artists included in the show include: Terry Adkins, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kevin Beasley, Dawoud Bey, Mark Bradford, Garrett Bradley, Melvin Edwards, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Charles Gaines, Ellen Gallagher, Theaster Gates, Arthur Jafa, Daniel LaRue Johnson, Rashid Johnson, Jennie C. Jones, Kahlil Joseph, Deana Lawson, Simone Leigh, Glenn Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Julie Mehretu, Okwui Okpokwasili, Adam Pendleton, Julia Phillips, Howardena Pindell, Cameron Rowland, Lorna Simpson, Sable Elyse Smith, Tyshawn Sorey, Diamond Stingily, Henry Taylor, Hank Willis Thomas, Kara Walker, Nari Ward, Carrie Mae Weems, and Jack Whitten.

Upcoming public programs related to "Grief and Grievance," include a wide range of conversations with artists from the exhibition:

Theaster Gates in conversation with Massimiliano Gioni on February 25;

Melvin Edwards in conversation with Massimiliano Gioni on March 2;

LaToya Ruby Frazier in conversation with Margot Norton on March 12;

Kerry James Marshall in conversation with Massimiliano Gioni on March 18;

Dawoud Bey in conversation with Gary Carrion-Murayari on March 23;

Adam Pendleton in conversation with Andrew An Westover on April 1;

Hank Willis Thomas in conversation with Margot Norton on April 8;

Rashid Johnson in conversation with Massimiliano Gioni on April 15;

Tiona Nekkia McClodden in conversation with Margot Norton on May 3; with more to be announced.

Additionally, on February 24, the Museum will host “Workshop for Educators: Grief and Grievance: Art and Morning in America.” Designed for K-12 educators, this program will highlight and contextualize works in the exhibition with historic and contemporary social movements, and artists’ concerns today.

[photo credits: James Nova for NYTCAP]

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