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Funny weather : art in an emergency / by Laing, Olivia,author.(CARDINAL)397679;

""One of the finest writers of the new non-fiction" (Harper's Bazaar) explores the role of art in the tumultuous twenty-first century. In the age of Trump and Brexit, every crisis is instantly overridden by the next. The turbulent political weather of the twenty- first century generates anxiety and makes it difficult to know how to react. Olivia Laing makes a brilliant, inspiring case for why art matters more than ever, as a force of both resistance and repair. Art, she argues, changes how we see the world. It gives us X-ray vision. It reveals inequalities and offers fertile new ways of living. Funny Weather brings together a career's worth of Laing's writing about art and culture, and their role in our political and emotional lives. She profiles Jean-Michel Basquiat and Georgia O'Keeffe, interviews Hilary Mantel and Ali Smith, writes love letters to David Bowie and Wolfgang Tillmans, and explores loneliness and technology, women and alcohol, sex and the body. With characteristic originality and compassion, Funny Weather celebrates art as an antidote to a terrifying political moment"--

Subjects: Art and society;

Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7

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The wind on her tongue : a novel / by Kopacz, Anita,author.(CARDINAL)898345;

"In this lyrical and stirring companion to the "spellbinding" (Harper's Bazaar) Shallow Waters, Oya--the Yoruban deity of the weather--is brought to life during 1870s America. Perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Black Sun. Born in Cuba after her mother Yemaya's adventures in the New World, Oya has inherited otherworldly powers from her Yoruba Orisha lineage. While Yemaya is known for her healing abilities, Oya's influence over the storm proves to be destructive, posing a threat to her mother and the island's safety. Sent to New Orleans to study under Marie Laveau, the Queen of Voodoo, Oya begins a journey across the still young America, encountering a myriad of historical figures, including Mary Ellen Pleasant, Jesse James, Lew Hing, and more. As Oya navigates the landscapes of racism, colorism, and classism, she grapples with her own identity and powers, striving to find her place in a fraught and complex society. A moving, vivid exploration of resilience, heritage, and the enduring spirit of a young woman coming into her own, The Wind on Her Tongue transports you to a world where magic and reality intertwine."--

Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Gods; Yoruba (African people); African American women;

Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5

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Swell / by Eisenstadt, Jill,1963-author.(CARDINAL)343830;

"Thirty years after From Rockaway ("A great first novel"--Harper's Bazaar), Jill Eisenstadt returns with a darkly funny new work of fiction that exposes a city and a family at their most vulnerable. When Sue Glassman's family needs a new home, Sue relents, after years of resisting, and agrees to convert to Judaism. In return, Sue's father-in-law, Sy, buys the family--Sue, Dan, and their two daughters--a capacious but ramshackle beachfront house in Rockaway, Queens, a world away from the Glassmans' cramped Tribeca apartment. The catch? Sy is moving in, too. And the house is haunted. On the weekend of Sue's conversion party, ninety-year-old Rose, who (literally) got away with murder on the premises years earlier, shows up uninvited. Towing a suitcase-sized pocketbook, having escaped an assisted living facility in Forest Hills, Rose seems intent on moving back in. Enter neighbor Tim--formerly Timmy (see From Rockaway), a former lifeguard, former firefighter, and reformed alcoholic--who feels, for reasons even he can't explain, inordinately protective of the Glassmans. The collective nervous breakdown occasioned by Rose's return swells to operatic heights in a novel that charms and surprises on every page as it unflinchingly addresses the perils of living in a world rife with uncertainty"--

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Jewish families; Families;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Six scary stories / by Harper, Elodie,author.(CARDINAL)807092; Saragosa, Manuela,author.; Davies, Paul Bassett,author.(CARDINAL)596416; Button, Michael,author.; Johnstone, Stuart,author.; Hudson, Neil,author.(CARDINAL)691219; King, Stephen,1947-(CARDINAL)142681; Harper, Elodie.Wild swimming.; Saragosa, Manuela.Eau-de-Eric.; Davies, Paul Bassett.Spots.; Button, Michael.Unpicking.; Johnstone, Stuart.Mort de l'amant.; Hudson, Neil.Bear trap.;

Collects the top six entries in a short story contest celebrating Stephen King's "The Bazaar of Bad Dreams."When King judged a competition run to celebrate publication of his own collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, he was so impressed with the entries that he recommended they were published together in one book. The resulting short stories include evil toys, bridges and lake, and post apocalyptic events. In the future, you'll think twice before you try to count a leopard's spots!

Subjects: Short stories.; Horror fiction.; Horror tales, English.; Short stories, English.;

Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 15

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The bucket list : a novel / by Clark, Georgia,author.(CARDINAL)603933;

"From the author of the critically acclaimed "lively and engrossing parable for women of all generations" (Harper's Bazaar) The Regulars; comes a deeply funny and thoughtful tale of a young woman who, after discovering she has the breast cancer gene, embarks on an unforgettable bucket list adventure. Twenty-five-old Lacey Whitman is blindsided when she's diagnosed with the BCRA1 gene mutation: the "breast cancer" gene. Her high hereditary risk forces a decision: increased surveillance or the more radical step of a preventative double mastectomy. Lacey doesn't want to lose her breasts. For one, she's juggling two career paths; her work with the prestigious New York trend forecaster Hoffman House, and her role on the founding team of a sustainable fashion app with friend/mentor, Vivian Chang. Secondly, small-town Lacey's not so in touch with her sexuality: she doesn't want to sacrifice her breasts before she's had the chance to give them their hey-day. To help her make her choice, she (and her friends) creates a "boob bucket list": everything she wants do with and for her boobs before a possible surgery. This kicks off a year of sensual exploration and sexual entertainment for the quick-witted Lacey Whitman. Ultimately, this is a story about Lacey's relationship to her body and her future. Both are things she thought she could control through hard work and sacrifice. Both are things she will change by choosing to have a major surgery that could save her life, and will give her the future she really wants. Featuring the pitch-perfect "compulsively delicious" (Redbook) prose of The Regulars, The Bucket List is perfect for fans of Amy Poeppel and Sophie Kinsella"--

Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Fiction.; Young women; Self-realization in women;

Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 13

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Jenny goes to sea / by Averill, Esther,1902-1992.(CARDINAL)712554;

The little black cat named Jenny, along with her brothers and their owner Captain Tinker, sails around the world on a ship called the Sea Queen.

Subjects: Fiction.; Cats; Ocean travel; Ships;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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It happened in Manhattan : an oral history of life in the city during the mid-twentieth century / by Frommer, Harvey.(CARDINAL)143821; Frommer, Myrna.(CARDINAL)522667;

Subjects: Biographies.; Oral histories.; Interviews;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2

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What becomes a legend most : a biography of Richard Avedon / by Gefter, Philip,author.(CARDINAL)535689;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-622) and index.Pictures at an exhibition (1975) -- Keeping up appearances (1923-1936) -- Premature sophisticates (1936-1942) -- The mentors and their prodigy (1942-1945) -- Eau de Paris (1946-1948) -- The proscenium stage (1948-1952) -- Le cirque d'Hiver (1953-1957) -- On borrowed wings (1957-1959) -- The new decade (1960-1962) -- Fire in the belly (1963-1965) -- Tuning in (1965-1967) -- A walk on the wild side (1968-1970) -- Close to home (1970-1971) -- Fathers and sons (1970-1974) -- The closet door (1974-1976) -- Museum piece (1977-1980) -- A balance of opposites (1981-1985) -- The years of his discontent (1986-1992) -- Renewal (1992-1996) -- The elegant denouement (1998-2004).A portrait of the twentieth-century photographer examines how Avedon endured intense personal and professional discrimination to join an influential group of artists who transformed women's culture.In his acclaimed portraits, Richard Avedon captured the iconic figures of the twentieth century in his starkly bold, intimately minimal, and forensic visual style. Concurrently, his work for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue transformed the ideals of women's fashion, femininity, and culture to become the defining look of an era. Yet despite his driving ambition to gain respect in the art world, during his lifetime he was condescendingly dismissed as a celebrity photographer. What Becomes a Legend Most is the first definitive biography of this luminary--an intensely driven man who endured personal and professional prejudice, struggled with deep insecurities, and mounted an existential lifelong battle to be recognized as an artist. Philip Gefter builds on archival research and exclusive interviews with those closest to Avedon to chronicle his story, beginning with Avedon's coming-of-age in New York between the world wars, when cultural prejudices forced him to make decisions that shaped the course of his life. Compounding his private battles, Avedon fought to be taken seriously in a medium that itself struggled to be respected within the art world. Gefter reveals how the 1950s and 1960s informed Avedon's life and work as much as he informed the period. He counted as close friends a profoundly influential group of artists--Leonard Bernstein, Truman Capote, James Baldwin, Harold Brodkey, Renata Adler, Sidney Lumet, and Mike Nichols--who shaped the cultural life of the American twentieth century. It wasn't until Avedon's fashion work was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the late 1970s that he became a household name. Balancing glamour with the gravitas of an artist's genuine reach for worldy achievement--and not a little gossip--plus sixteen pages of photographs, What Becomes a Legend Most is an intimate window into Avedon's fascinating world. Dramatic, visionary, and remarkable, it pays tribute to Avedon's role in the history of photography and fashion--and his legacy as one of the most consequential artists of his time.

Subjects: Biographies.; Avedon, Richard.; Photographers;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4

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In my shoes : a memoir / by Mellon, Tamara,1967-(CARDINAL)493842;

" When Tamara Mellon's father lent her the seed money to start a high-end shoe company, he cautioned her: "Don't let the accountants run your business." Little did he know. Over the next fifteen years, the struggle between "financial" and "creative" would become one of the central themes as Mellon's business savvy, creative eye, and flair for design built Jimmy Choo into a premier name in the competitive fashion industry. Over time, Mellon grew Jimmy Choo into a billion dollar brand. She became the British prime minister's trade envoy and was honored by the Queen with the Order of the British Empire-yet it's her personal glamour that keeps her an object of global media fascination. Vogue photographed her wedding. Vanity Fair covered her divorce and the criminal trial that followed. Harper's Bazaar toured her London town house and her New York mansion, right down to the closets. And the Wall Street Journal hinted at the real red meat: the three private equity deals, the relentless battle between "the suits" and "the creatives," and Mellon's triumph against a brutally hostile takeover attempt. But despite her eventual fame and fortune, Mellon didn't have an easy road to success. Her seemingly glamorous beginnings in the mansions of London and Beverly Hills were marked by a tumultuous and broken family life, battles with anxiety and depression, and a stint in rehab. Determined not to end up unemployed, penniless, and living in her parents' basement under the control of her alcoholic mother, Mellon honed her natural business sense and invested in what she knew best-fashion. In creating the shoes that became a fixture on Sex and the City and red carpets around the world, Mellon relied on her own impeccable sense of what the customer wanted-because she was that customer. What she didn't know at the time was that success would come at a high price-after struggles with an obstinate business partner, a conniving first CEO, a turbulent marriage, and a mother who tried to steal her hard-earned wealth. Now Mellon shares the whole larger-than-life story, with shocking details that have never been presented before. From her troubled childhood to her time as a young editor at Vogue to her partnership with cobbler Jimmy Choo to her very public relationships, Mellon offers an honest and gripping account of the episodes that have made her who she is today. As Mellon readies herself for her next entrepreneurial venture, In My Shoes is a definitive book for fashion aficionados, aspiring entrepreneurs, and anyone who loves a juicy true story about sex, drugs, money, power, high heels, and overcoming adversity"--"When Tamara Mellon's father lent her the seed money to start a high-end shoe company, he cautioned her: "Don't let the accountants run your business." Little did he know. Over the next fifteen years, the struggle between "financial" and "creative" would become one of the central themes as Mellon's business savvy, creative eye, and flair for design built Jimmy Choo into a premier name in the competitive fashion industry. Over time, Mellon grew Jimmy Choo into a billion dollar brand. She became the British prime minister's trade envoy and was honored by the Queen with the Order of the British Empire--yet it's her personal glamour that keeps her an object of global media fascination. Vogue photographed her wedding. Vanity Fair covered her divorce and the criminal trial that followed. Harper's Bazaar toured her London town house and her New York mansion, right down to the closets. And the Wall Street Journal hinted at the real red meat: the three private equity deals, the relentless battle between "the suits" and "the creatives," and Mellon's triumph against a brutally hostile takeover attempt. But despite her eventual fame and fortune, Mellon didn't have an easy road to success. Her seemingly glamorous beginnings in the mansions of London and Beverly Hills were marked by a tumultuous and broken family life, battles with anxiety and depression, and a stint in rehab. Determined not to end up unemployed, penniless, and living in her parents' basement under the control of her alcoholic mother, Mellon honed her natural business sense and invested in what she knew best--fashion"--

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Mellon, Tamara, 1967-; Jimmy Choo Ltd.; Women fashion designers; Fashion designers; Businesswomen;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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The portable Dorothy Parker / by Parker, Dorothy,1893-1967.(CARDINAL)132304;

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvii-xxviii) and index.Introduction -- Suggestions for Further Reading. Part One: The Original Portable as Arranged by Dorothy Parker in 1944: The Lovely Leave -- Arrangement in Black and White -- The Sexes -- The Standard of Living -- Mr. Durant -- The Waltz -- The Wonderful Old Gentleman -- Song of the Shirt, 1941 -- Enough Rope (Poems) -- A Telephone Call -- Here We Are -- Dusk before Fireworks -- You were Perfectly Fine -- Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street -- Soldiers of the Republic -- Too Bad -- The Last Tea -- Big Blonde -- Sunset Gun (Poems) -- Just a Little One -- Lady with a Lamp -- The Little Hours -- Horsie -- Glory in the Daytime -- New York to Detroit -- Death and Taxes (Poems) -- The Custard Heart -- From the Diary of a New York Lady -- Cousin Larry -- Little Curtis -- Sentiment -- Clothe the Naked -- War Song (Poem).Part Three: A Dorothy Parker Sampler: Any Porch, Vanity Fair, September 15, 1915 -- Sorry the Line is Busy, Life, April 21, 1921 -- In the Throes, (New York) Life, September 16, 1924 -- For R.C.B., The New Yorker, January 7, 1928 -- Untitled Birthday Lament, c. 1927 -- The Garter, The New Yorker, September 8, 1928 -- Sophisticated Poetry and the Hell With It, New Masses, June 27, 1939 -- Introduction: The Seal in the Bedroom and Other Predicaments, by James Thurber, 1932 -- The Function of the Writer, Address, Esquire Magazine Symposium, October 1959 [extract] -- New York at 6:30 P.M., Esquire, November 1964 -- Self-Portrait from The Paris Review, "Writers at Work," 1956 -- Letters 1905-1962: To Henry Rothschild, 1950 -- To Henry Rothschild, 1905 -- To Harold Ross, 1927 -- To Harold Ross, no date -- To Seward Collins, 1927 -- To Helen Rothschild Droste, 1929 -- To Robert Charles Benchley, 1929 -- To Sara and Gerald Murphy, 1934 -- To F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1934 -- To Alexander Woollcott, 1935 -- To Harold Guinzburg, 1935 -- To Helen Rothschild Grimwood, c. 1939 -- To Malcolm Cowley, 1958 -- To Morton Zabel, 1959 -- To John Patrick, 1962.Part Two: Other Writings: Such a Pretty Little Picture, Smart Set, December 1922 -- Advice to the Little Peyton Girl, Harper's Bazaar, February 1933 -- The Game, Cosmopolitan, December 1948 -- The Banquet of Crow, The New Yorker, December 14, 1957 -- The Bolt Behind the Blue, Esquire, December 1958 -- Interior Desecration, Vogue, April 15, 1917 -- Here Comes the Groom, Vogue, June 15, 1917 -- Week's End, (New York) Life, July 21, 1927 -- My Home town, McCall's, January 1928 -- Not Enough, New Masses, March 14, 1939 -- Destructive Decoration, House and Garden, November 1942 -- From Vanity Fair, 1918-1919: Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, Redemption by Leo Tolstoi, Dear Brutus by J.M. Barrie -- From Ainslee's (In Broadway Playhouses), 1921: The Emperor Jones by Eugene O'Neill, Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 -- From The New Yorker (Substituting for Robert Benchley), 1931, The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier, Give Me Yesterday by A.A. Milne, The Admirable Crichton by J.M. Barrie -- From The New Yorker (Constant Reader), 1927-1931: The President's Daughter by Nan Britton, Men without Women by Ernest Hemingway, Happiness by William Lyon Phelps, A President is Born by Fannie Hurst; Claire Ambler by Booth Tarkington -- Literary Rotarians: Appendicitis by Thew Wright, M.D.; Art of the Night by George Jean Nathan, The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne, Round Up by Ring Lardner -- Forty Thousand Sublime and Beautiful Thoughts, compiled by Charles Noel Douglas, The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett, Dawn by Theodore Dreiser, The Grandmother of the Aunt of the Gardner -- From The New York Times Book Review, 1957: The Road to Miltown, Or Under the Spreading Atrophy by S.J. Perelman -- From Esquire, 1958-1959: The American Earthquake by Edmund Wilson; The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac; Ice Palace by Edna Ferber, Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote; The Poorhouse Fair by John Updike, The Yeas with Ross by James Thurber.The second revision in sixty years, this sublime collection ranges over the verse, stories, essays, and journalism of one of the twentieth century's most quotable authors. There are some stories new to the Portable, "Such a Pretty Little Picture," along with a selection of articles written for such disparate publications as Vogue, McCall's, House and Garden, and New Masses. At the heart of her serious work lies her political writings? racial, labor, international? and so "Soldiers of the Republic" is joined by reprints of "Not Enough" and "Sophisticated Poetry? And the Hell With It," both of which first appeared in New Masses. "A Dorothy Parker Sampler" blends the sublime and the silly with the terrifying, a sort of tasting menu of verse, stories, essays, political journalism, a speech on writing, plus a catchy off-the-cuff rhyme she never thought to write down. "Self-Portrait" reprints an interview she did in 1956 with the Paris Review, part of a famed ongoing series of conversations ("Writers at Work") that the literary journal conducted with the best of twentieth-century writers. What makes the interviews so interesting is that they were permitted to edit their transcripts before publication, resulting in miniature autobiographies. "Letters: 1905-1962," which might be subtitled "Mrs. Parker Completely Uncensored," presents correspondence written over the period of a half century, beginning in 1905 when twelve-year-old Dottie wrote her father during a summer vacation on Long Island, and concluding with a 1962 missive from Hollywood describing her fondness for Marilyn Monroe.

Subjects: American literature.; American wit and humor.; Short stories.;

Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 10

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