the exit
I hope the exit is joyful. And I hope never to return. ~ Frida Kahlo
A Billion-Dollar Scandal Turns the ‘King of Manuscripts’ Into the ‘Madoff of France’
From The New York Times: A letter from Frida Kahlo, signed and twice kissed with red lipstick, fetched just over $8,800. A page of scribbled calculations by Isaac Newton sold for about $21,000. A 1953 handwritten speech by John F. Kennedy took in $10,000. “Adjugé!” said a gray-haired auctioneer, over and over, as he gaveled … Read more
Reading
Reading is thinking with someone else’s head instead of one’s own. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Out of This World: Shining Light on Black Authors in Every Genre
From Publishers Weekly: This February saw numerous articles and lists touting the work of award-winning black authors, and works that have quite literally shaped the narrative for black people of the diaspora. We’ll hear names such as Zora Neale Hurston, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Frederick Douglass, and Langston Hughes. Their contributions are and should be … Read more