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Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A career-spanning collection of inspiring, revelrous essays about art and artists. Like Love is a momentous, raucous collection of essays drawn from twenty years of Maggie Nelson's brilliant work. These profiles, reviews, remembrances, tributes, and critical essays, as well as several conversations with friends and idols, bring to life Nelson's passion for dialogue and dissent. The range of subjects is wide -- from Prince to Carolee Schneemann to...
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Jam-packed with imaginative ideas for all kinds of creative crafts . . . this book will make YOU an artist! Pick up your pencils, collect your collage materials, and take inspiration from 25 of the world's best-known artists in this fact-filled book full of activities. Discover famous masterpieces through the included photographs of real works of art - from ancient cave painting to contemporary performance - and lots more in between!"-- Provided...
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"Samia Halaby (b. 1936) is widely recognized as a pioneer of twentieth-century abstraction and computer-generated art. This publication brings together her paintings, prints, and drawings as well as her kinetic works, illustrating how she has developed abstract forms into moving compositions of color and texture."--
4) Timid
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Cecil Hall and his family have just moved from Florida to Massachusetts, near Boston. Cecil is anxious about making friends because he doesn't know where he'll fit in. His older sister, Leah, thinks he should befriend the other Black kids at his new school, but Cecil isn't sure how he'd go about doing that. He wants to be known for his comics-making talent, anyway. But the few kids who are impressed by Cecil's art aren't always nice to him. When...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Meet the boy who can't stop creating art! He loves colours, shapes, textures and EVERYTHING inspires him: his socks, the contents of the fridge, even his cat gets a new coat (of paint!). But there's just one problem: his mum isn't quite so enthusiastic. In fact, she seems a little cross! But this boy has a plan to make his mum smile. He's about to create his finest piece yet and on a very grand scale... Funny, irreverent and perfect for creative children...
Author
Series
Dark Horse Dive Bar novels volume 2
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to the Dark Horse Dive Bar, where the Wildes throw one hell of a party and love could be a barstool away. Landscape artist Layla Brock knows what it feels like to love someone so completely you'd do anything for them -- even take their secrets to the grave. Widowed after her husband's betrayals and tragic death, Layla is searching for a new scene to paint, a new life to live. And Wyoming feels like the perfect place to get lost and find herself...
9) Outdrawn
Author
Publisher
[Deanna Grey]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Noah Blue's finally got her foot in the door. After clawing her way to the top of the charts with her webcomic, she's garnered enough attention to earn a full-time position at a comic company re-launching their cult classic comic: Queen Leisah. Queen Leisah is predicted to be an instant bestseller with movie deals already in the making. Things are falling into place. There's nowhere to go but up ... as soon as she gets one person out of her way....
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