POTW: Viele's Original Prospect Park
The Greatest Fair Ever Held
POTW: Poison Books
POTW: Weird Scenes along the Beach
POTW: National Oyster Day
POTW: A Mournful Ouroboros
POTW: A Peek Inside Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital
Margaret Armstrong, Alice Morse, and the Decorated Cloth Book Cover
In the 1880s, two New Yorkers burst into the competitive scene of cloth book cover design: Margaret Nielson Armstrong (1867–1944), a Manhattanite, and Alice Cordelia Morse (1863–1961), a Brooklynite. They became two of the major forces behind the art's golden age, which lasted from about 1880 to 1910. Fourteen of their works are on display at the Center for Brooklyn History, now through June 2024.
POTW: Midwinter Remembrance
POTW: World Wildlife Day & the Pigeon
Halloween Inspiration
International Lifeguard Appreciation Day
POTW: A Horse-Drawn Toilet
Assessing an 1848 Clairvoyant's Predictions for Brooklyn's Future
POTW: Four Horses of Fort Greene
Brooklyn's Mechanical Milkman
POTW: The Smallest Horse in the World
POTW: Risky Business: October 1878
Liza,
Author Interview: Max Gross
Liza,I’m always excited when an author agrees to participate in an interview for Off the Shelf, so when Max Gross, author of rave-reviewed The Lost Shtetl, agreed to sit for an interview and join the New Utrecht branch for a discussion of his debut novel, let’s just say I was exceedingly happy. Gross’s book is an attentively crafted thought experiment on what might happen if a Polish shtetl slipped away from the outside world, unwittingly escaped the Nazi’s warpath, then collided with modern society. The catalyst for this “lost'' shtetl's reconnection with the modern world? The suspected…
Author Tahmima Anam on The Startup Wife and Her Creative Influences
Liza,The Startup Wife, by acclaimed author Tahmima Anam, is a fresh and bold examination of society’s obsession with social media and glorification of its creators. At once wickedly clever, hilarious, romantic and shocking, Anam's latest is a genuine literary gem that I could not put down, and has already received starred reviews and praise from the likes of Publishers Weekly, Kirkus and author Rumaan Alam ahead of its July 13 release. The story follows tech genius Asha Ray as she introduces a new program that replicates her husband’s ability to create profound sacred-…
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