Books

May 5, 2025

WildLOVE: Beautiful Portraits of Animals Who Look Like Photogenic Fashion Models

A pair of flamingos that appear to be salsa dancing together, their beaks touching as if locked in a kiss. A panda cub tumbling over itself, a suggestion of a pink tongue sneaking out between its lips. A timeless embrace between a baby orangutan and its mother. These are only a few of the photographs featured in Pedro Jarque Krebs’s newest book, WildLOVE, published by TeNeues.

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April 22, 2025

Prominent Civil Rights Figure Ruby Bridges Publishes Love Letter to Her First-Grade Teacher

In November 1960, a shouting mob swarmed around William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. At the center of the commotion was Ruby Bridges, a 6-year-old girl accompanied by U.S. Marshals. She was the first Black student to integrate the school, at the height of the civil rights movement. That year, several white parents withdrew their children from the school, and all teachers except for one refused to teach while a Black child was enrolled.

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February 3, 2025

Embroidery Artist’s New Book Shines Light on the Art of Slow Stitching [Interview]

If you are someone who enjoys embroidery and textile art, you'll be thrilled about the newest book by illustrator and embroidery artist Sara Barnes. Barnes, who was also a staff writer at My Modern Met for nearly a decade, is the creative mind behind Bear & Bean. Through Bear & Bean she specializes in stitching animals and pet portraits, and with her writing she shares the work of other contemporary embroidery artists.

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