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Fields of Hay: A Concentration Field Guide

Month: December 2018

Material of the Week: Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror

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Published: 1984, San Francisco. A Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of Poetry, John Ashbery’s Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, inspired by the portrait of the same name by Renaissance artist Parmigianino, is presented in a large metal case with, appropriately, a convex mirror in the center. Inside includes the poem and original prints.

Material of the Week: Shakespeare’s First Folio

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Published: 1623, London, England Printed seven years after William Shakespeare’s death, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, commonly referred to as Shakespeare’s “First Folio,” is the first collection that compiles all of Shakespeare’s plays, patched together from various scripts. Nicknamed the Folio because of the size of the sheets, approximately 750 copies were printed … Material of the Week: Shakespeare’s First Folio