Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for AutobiographyNamed a Best Book of the Year by The ObserverBack in print, a “fusion of cool, clear-eyed prose and watercolors, photographs and painted portraits” (Time Out New York) by celebrated author and artist Leanne Shapton, on a sport that has shaped her life.Intimate with chlorinated space; weightless yet li...

En Bocetos de natación, Leanne Shapton, con una prosa elegante, meditativa y de ligera belleza, explora una vida que transcurre siempre alrededor del agua. La natación atraviesa su vida y su obra. De adolescente se entrenó para ser nadadora olímpica y representar a Canadá en competiciones de alto nivel. Como adulta, el nado recreativo en piscinas de hotel o en el mar durante unas vacaciones son parte de su cotidianeidad.De la disciplina de un entrenamiento de élite a la int...

A new reissue of Leanne Shapton’s Guestbook, which “elevates the traditional ghost story into an art form” (Interview), collaging the verbal and non-verbal into brief, eerie narratives.A house stands empty. Family photographs, wrapping paper, and watercolor portraits act as windows into other lives. Little sculptures relay the story of an estranged couple. Photographs of a tennis prodigy document his exhaustive fits.Guestbook: Ghost St...

Tucked away along a shady path towards the north-east edge of Hampstead Heath is a sign: Women Only. This is the Kenwood Ladies' Bathing Pond.Floating in the Pond's silky waters, hidden by a canopy of trees, it's easy to forget that you are in the middle of London. On a hot day, thousands of swimmers from eight to eighty-plus can be found waiting to take a dip before sunbathing in the adjoining meadow. As summer turns to autumn and then winter, the Pond is still visited by a large ...

A love story told in the form of an auction catalog.Auction catalogs can tell you a lot about a person -- their passions and vanities, peccadilloes and aesthetics; their flush years and lean. Think of the collections of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Truman Capote, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.In Leanne Shapton's marvelously inventive and invented auction catalog, the 325 lots up for auction are what remain from the relationship between Lenore Doolan and Haro...

»Geschnatter auf der Damentoilette für immer.« SOPHIE PASSMANN22 Autor:innen erzählen von einem Ort, an dem Fremde zu Komplizinnen werden, an dem man sich Lippenstift borgt, über Liebeskummer spricht, lacht, trinkt, sich tröstet, gemeinsam durch die Nacht geht. Ein Ort, an dem das Leben spielt, reich an außergewöhnlichen Geschichten: die Damentoilette. Ein Band, der vom spirit herausragender Stimmen getragen wird und Schwesternschaft feiert – hellwach und radikal g...

Women in Clothes is a book unlike any other. It is essentially a conversation among hundreds of women of all nationalities—famous, anonymous, religious, secular, married, single, young, old—on the subject of clothing, and how the garments we put on every day define and shape our lives.It began with a survey. The editors composed a list of more than fifty questions designed to prompt women to think more deeply about their personal style. Writers, activists, and artists incl...

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWomen in Clothes is a book unlike any other. It is essentially a conversation among hundreds of women of all nationalities—famous, anonymous, religious, secular, married, single, young, old—on the subject of clothing, and how the garments we put on every day define and shape our lives.**It began with a survey. The editors composed a list of more than fifty questions designed to prompt women to think more deeply about their pe...

A unique, stunningly illustrated exploration of North American wildflowers, weaving together history, folklore, and literature.This beautiful coffee table book pairs the detailed botanical knowledge of a field guide with the evocative power of a literary anthology, offering a new way to appreciate the flora around us. Beyond being a simple identification guide, American Wildflowers is a rich journey through the history, cultural significance, and enduring ...