Andrew Gent πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡¬πŸ‡±

@AndrewGent
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Poet, Information Architect, etc.
Living in New Hampshire, USA

Author of [explicit lyrics] from the University of Arkansas Press https://www.uapress.com/product/explicit-lyrics/

Web Sitehttps://radiopoets.com/
Bloghttps://incrediblydull.blogspot.com/
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Come see the new exhibition I co-curated with @internetstine Fashion Police: Social Regulation of Women’s Appearance. https://library.harvard.edu/exhibits/fashion-police
When is a book not a book? When it's a blook--a book-like object. This summer's Rare Book School lecture by Mindell Dubansky, the world expert on these pseudo-books, is available on YouTube. https://youtu.be/SsTUbRhUYDs?feature=shared
A Parallel History of Books and Blooks

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"It Rains" by French poet, playwright and novelist Guillaume Apollinaire born #onthisday in 1880.

From his posthumously published Calligrammes (1918), a collection of poems in which typeface + arrangement of words on the page add to their meanings: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/apollinaire-s-calligrammes-1918 #otd

Just a few more days before Houghton gets Gorey. https://library.harvard.edu/exhibits/edward-gorey
SpΓ€tsommer in den belgischen SΓΌmpfen. Unterwegs im #Brackvenn. πŸ’¦β˜€οΈπŸ˜ŽπŸŒ²πŸŒ³πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ #Außendienst #HautesFagnes #Belgium
Someone described the election security conference I just ran as "boring people talking about exciting things in too much detail" and I think they nailed our brand.
misty hudson morning
#photography
coastal rain
#photography
Novel bollards at school crossing.
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My books, especially the older ones, are treasure troves of historical trivia. I recently found a bus ticket from Leicester England in a book of translations. I was obviously reading it while visiting my grandparents, probably circa 1978-1979.

#books #history #trivia #ephemera