Richard Minsky is a celebrated American book artist,  bookbinder and scholar who at age 13 got his first printing press. In 1968, he graduated cum laude in economics from Brooklyn College, was then awarded a fellowship at Brown University, got…

Place, Process and Literary Tourism

Without question, Friedrich Nietzsche is the go-to guy for those who want to sound smart at a cocktail party.  He’s a philosophical superstar, ‘ the grandfather of postmodernism’, an inspiration to thinkers such as Jacques Derrida, Michel…

 George Saintsbury (23 October 1845 – 28 January 1933), though a prolific and influential British literary critic in the late 1800s, is today perhaps best known as the author of a book on wine called Notes on a Cellar-Book (1920). According to…

Lionel Trilling (1905 – 1975) is one of the best known U.S. critics of the twentieth century. A Professor of Literature and Criticism at Columbia University from 1931 – 1975, his teachings focused primarily on the relationships between literature,…

“Longinus” is the name given to the unknown literary critic/author who wrote ‘On the Sublime’ an essay written around 100 CE that examines the work of more than 50 ancient authors. In the essay – of which only an extended fragment remains – Longinus…

Quantum Theatre was founded in Pittsburgh in 1990 by Karla Boos. Her goal was to create a company that incorporated world culture and international trends. Quantum has been a nurturing home for Boos’ evolution as an artist and for the hundreds of…

Emilio Gil is a graphic designer, and founder of Tau Design a firm that pioneered design services, institutional communications, and the creation and development of visual corporate identity programs in Spain.  He trained at the SVA (School of…

Strange Victories: Grove Press, 1951-1985 was a major exhibition about the Grove Press that ran at the Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library in Syracuse. Grove was founded by Barney Rosset in 1951 and is one of the world’s…