Welcome to our 22nd Issue •
Wow! And we thought 2020 had been a traumatic year. Then 2021 began in the U.S. with the attempted coup at our Capitol. Thus our book review schedule was a bit disrupted by this and related events, but we’re getting back on track again with a new administration that is focused on keeping our American democracy intact.
Looking ahead: In conjunction with Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP), I will be leading a virtual (Zoom) Book Development Workshop over four days (two consecutive weekends), March 13 & 14th and 20 & 21st from 9:00 – noon (PST). Sign-ups at LACP are open.
Please stay healthy and safe. We still need to wear a mask, social distance, wash our hands and when provided the opportunity, get your vaccine jab!
Douglas Stockdale
Editor
Book reviews for January 2021:
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S. Billie Mandle – Reconciliation
It’s just a room, and a very small one at that, but there aren’t many spaces with a presence as large as the Roman Catholic confessional… (more)
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Alice Jankovic– Yet I Was a Tree in the Woods
Alice Jankovic has created an introspective and poetic artist book inspired by a recently found family archive that includes a worn copy of … (more)
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Roger Ballen is taking us on another trip – this time viewed through the mind of an alter ego named Roger the Rat… (more)
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Katherine Longly – Hernie & Plume
This book is about an enduring love story between two individuals, Blieke and Nicole, with a few twists…. (more)
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Harvey Stein – Then and There: Mardi Gras 1979
Mardi Gras in New Orleans is an old tradition. Just as is the case in Europe and elsewhere, there are religious and tribal underpinnings… (more)
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Harmony Korine and Juergen Teller – William Eggleston 414
“Where are we going?” “I wanted to show you nothing.” Coming from most people, that explanation would hardly seem… (more)
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Ken Light – MIDNIGHT/LA FRONTERA
Have you ever enjoyed a novel, or fallen in love with a painting or film, only to later learn something uncomfortable about the creator… (more)
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Regina Anzenberger – Roots & Bonds
Regina Anzenberger’s Roots & Bonds is a self-published book that appears to be a mash-up of Paul Caponigro photographs and Abstract Expressionism… (more)
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Claudia den Boer – To Pick Up a Stone
Stones, rocks, and mountains come in endless sizes and shapes and are composed of a variety of materials. They are the building blocks of the earth… (more)
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