by kitchensisters | Aug 8, 2019 | The Keepers
“It began in January 2018 with the quote, ‘I am a very stable genius’ stitched into a piece of inherited textile….” Thus was born the Tiny Pricks Project, a public art project created and curated by artist Diana Weymar that records some...
by kitchensisters | Aug 7, 2019 | The Keepers
RIP, D.A. Pennebaker, 1925-2019. Learn more about this legendary documentary filmmaker at npr.org.
by kitchensisters | Aug 6, 2019 | The Keepers
RIP Toni Morrison, 1931-2019. “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”
by kitchensisters | Aug 2, 2019 | The Keepers
Today we’re heading to Austin for the annual gathering of the Society of American Archivists to accept the 2019 J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award for our series The Keepers. The award honors an individual, institution or organization that promotes greater...
by kitchensisters | Aug 1, 2019 | The Keepers
Listener Steve Karsch wrote to tell us about the Desert Libraries of Chinguetti. From kottke.org: For hundreds of years, families in Mauritania have been maintaining libraries of old Arabo-Berber books. Originally on the route of pilgrims travelling to Mecca, the...
