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Blank on Blank - Picture Palace
"Vintage interview tapes. New animations. Our mission is simple: curate and transform journalists' unheard interviews with American...

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Sep 13, 20201 min read


J.C. Leyendecker - Muses & The Beau Monde
Joseph Christian Leyendecker was a German-American illustrator. He is considered to be one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of...

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Sep 9, 20206 min read


Hay-on-Wye, The Town of Books - Enchanting Havens
Hay-on-Wye, often abbreviated to just "Hay" is a small market town in the historic county of Brecknockshire in Wales. With over twenty...

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Sep 6, 20203 min read


Steven Runciman - Muses & The Beau monde
Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman CHFBA, (known as Steven Runciman) born 7 July 1903, was an English historian best known for his...

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Sep 2, 20205 min read


Dark Academia - Livres du Mois
Dark Academia, which started as a type of vague book genre, has now become an aesthetic. Donna Tartt wrote The Secret History, a novel...

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Aug 30, 20204 min read


Donna Tartt - Muses & The Beau Monde
Donna Tartt, born 23 December 1963 in Greenwood, Mississippi, is an American author. "Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we...

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Aug 26, 20202 min read


The Bodleian Libraries - Enchanting Havens
The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. With over 12...

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Aug 23, 20202 min read


Carl Van Vechten - Muses & The Beau Monde
Carl Van Vechten, born 17 June 1880, was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the...

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Aug 19, 20202 min read


Looking for Langston - Picture Palace
Looking for Langston is a 1989 British black-and-white film, directed by Isaac Julien, CBE. It is a lyrical exploration, and recreation,...

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Aug 16, 20202 min read


Langston Hughes - Muses & The Beau Monde
James Mercer Langston Hughes, born 1 February 1901, was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from...

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Aug 12, 20202 min read
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