Tracking Changes: Harlem through the lens of Vergara By Elydia Barret Girls and Barbies, East Harlem, 1970 A group of black girls is sitting on the stoop of a building whose crumbled facade is covered in graffiti. They are so absorbed in their play that they practically do not pay attention to the photographer. […]
Month: February 2014
On Display @ Kunming City Museum: Barney Rosset, Publisher-Hero as Combat Photographer in China
Columbia University Libraries/Information Services’ (CUL/IS) Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) is pleased to announce the opening of Barney Rosset, Publisher-hero as Combat Photographer in China, an exhibition at Kunming City Museum, in Kunming City, Yunnan, China, which features a collection of RBML’s photographs of China from World War II by Grove Street Press publisher […]
Rare Book & Manuscript Library Acquires Archive of Russian Émigré Poet Lev Loseff
Columbia University Libraries/Information Services’ (CUL/IS) Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the papers of Lev Loseff (1937-2009), noted Russian émigré poet, literary critic, professor of Russian Literature at Dartmouth College, and a lifelong friend and authoritative biographer of Nobel Prize Laureate Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996). Brodsky & Loseff. […]
March 7th panel on Retranslating Literary Classics
The Columbia Rare Book and Manuscript Library is excited to be working with a number of centers on campus to invite some of the most distinguished literary translators to campus on March 7, 2014. This event is free and open to the public. A Panel on Retranslating Literary Classics with Edith Grossman on CERVANTES Wyatt […]
“Obscene” – Wednesday, February 19, 7:00 PM
A screening of Obscene, a documentary about publisher Barney Rosset Introduced by the film’s co-director, Daniel O’Connor Chang Room, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Followed by a reception at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library […]