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Authors, American 21st century Biography Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) Giacometti, Alberto 1901-1966 Drama Illustrators McCloskey, Robert 1914-2003 McCloskey, Robert 1914-2003 Juvenile literature Resilience (Personality trait) Schön, Nancy 1928- Juvenile literature Sculptors Self-acceptanceFilter By Subjects
Authors, American 21st century Biography Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) Giacometti, Alberto 1901-1966 Drama Illustrators McCloskey, Robert 1914-2003 McCloskey, Robert 1914-2003 Juvenile literature Resilience (Personality trait) Schön, Nancy 1928- Juvenile literature Sculptors Self-acceptanceKunkel, Angela Burke
Summary: "A biography that follows the lives of Robert McCloskey, creator of Make Way for Ducklings, and sculptor Nancy Schön, whose famous bronze ducks grace Boston Public Garden"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Set in 1964, Final Portrait is the story of the touching and offbeat friendship between American writer and art-lover James Lord and world-renowned artist Alberto Giacometti. Lord's perspective reveals a unique insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and sometimes chaos of the artistic process. While on a short trip to Paris, Lord is asked by his friend Giacometti to sit for a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FINSmee, Sebastian
Summary: "Picasso & Matisse. Manet & Degas. Pollack & de Kooning. Lucian Freud & Francis Bacon. This is the story of four pairs of artists -- each linked by friendship and a spirit of competitiveness. Taken together, they form an impressive lineage stretching across more than 150 years. But in each case, these relationships had a flashpoint, a damaging psychological event that seemed to mark both an end...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 SMEJohnson, Fenton
Summary: "A meditation on solitude as a font of creativity and spirituality. Known for his lyrical prose and clear insight, Fenton Johnson explores what it means to be not "single"-meaningless outside of coupledom-but "solitary," able to be alone, inclined to mine the treasures of inner life. Americans tend to celebrate "fortress marriage," turning an equal right into an omnivorous expectation,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 JOHOkorafor, Nnedi
Summary: "Nnedi Okorafor was never supposed to be paralyzed. A college track star and budding entomologist, Nnedi's lifelong battle with scoliosis was just a bump in her plan--something a simple operation would easily correct. But when Nnedi wakes from the surgery to find she can't move her legs, her entire sense of self begins to waver. Confined to a hospital bed for months, unusual things begin to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019