Book Arts 101:
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here
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On the Fifth of March, 2007, a car bomb was detonated on Al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, amongst the stalls of booksellers and bookshops
in the cultural heart of the city in a targeted attack on the city's intellectual center. In the weeks that followed, an organized response,
assembled by poet and bookseller Beau Beausoleil, came about. It's grown over the years to involve poets, letterpress printers, and book artists
from all over the world, and on this fourteenth anniversary of the devastation, we'll gather virtually through this Book Arts 101 broadcast to
celebrate the creative spirit.
Book of the Week: Spanish Landscapes
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by Susan Allix
It is in the simple artistry, prose, and craft that artist Susan Allix speaks to us in Spanish Landscapes. You follow the artist through her time in Spain
but in a way and with an expression which offers such great insight that are you not so much transported to the place, than the mind of the witness living in
that moment of time....
All in person events and workshops normally scheduled at the Jaffe Center are canceled
indefinitely due to the covid-19 pandemic. We hope to be back to our regular operating schedule soon.
In the meantime, we've put together an extensive selection of virtual programming for you to enjoy, which
includes
Book Arts 101 talks, virtual
Real Mail Fridays Letter Writing Socials,
book arts workshops you can
take at home, and our virtual
Library Wayzgoose Festival. The Jaffe Center for Book Arts is open only by virtual
appointment at this time No in person visits.
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