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Book Covers That Make a Difference
By Geo Ong As a bookseller and a book lover, I’m around books all day. The old adage of never judging a book by its cover has never really applied to me, and I’m quite confident that I’m not alone … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Arts, Geo, Literature
Tagged a clockwork orange, anthony burgess, book cover art, book covers, books, carlo collodi, everyman's library, f. scott fitzgerald, frankenstein, hmh, houghton mifflin harcourt, mary shelley, nyrb, nyrb classics, penguin, penguin classics, penguin modern classics, philip k. dick, pinocchio, simon and schuster, the great gatsby, the man in the high castle
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New Books for a New Season: What We’re Reading
An Urchin isn’t an Urchin without a haversack full of books. There may or may not be food and warm clothes, but in case of emergency, an Urchin will have plenty of books to keep him or her company. Have … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Literature
Tagged Arundhati Roy, Christopher Durang, f. scott fitzgerald, ian frazier, john steinbeck, Tender is the Night, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, the grapes of wrath, the great gatsby, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Thomas Hardy, Travels in Siberia, travels with charley, Walking with the Comrades
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Artists of Tomorrow
By Geo Ong London, 2008 – My friend Kyle and I spend four hours at a pub on Goodge St., bonding over pints of beer and bowls of chips. Having just met, we discuss our pasts leading up to this … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Examples in Urchinism, Geo, Literature
Tagged alice b. toklas, art, beer, bergamot station, books, c.s. lewis, england, ernest hemingway, f. scott fitzgerald, France, gertrude stein, goodge street, henri matisse, j. r. r. tolkien, james joyce, london, los angeles, oxford, pablo picasso, paris, paul cezanne, pubs, science fiction, shakespeare and company, slake, sylvia beach, the eagle and child, The Lord of the Rings, ulysses
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Sarah’s Summer Reading
Sarah is currently reading… The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson This book is a hilarious memoir recounting Bryson’s childhood in Des Moines, Iowa in the 1950s. Interspersed with his personal memories and exquisitely nostalgic depictions … Continue reading
An Urchin Response: Natalie Portman, Money, and the Eekonomy
In a recent interview for the aptly-named Interview Magazine, Urchin-adored sea star Natalie Portman weighs in on the eekonomy and its effect on art (or is it the other way around?). Natalie says: I think it’s kind of an exciting … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism, Film & Television, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged economy, ernest hemingway, excerpts, f. scott fitzgerald, interview, interview magazine, jake gyllenhaal, job market, money, natalie portman, recession, sea stars, urchin manifesto, urchin response, william faulkner
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