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  1. As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980 Susan Sontag An extraordinary look at the inner world of a genius, oscillating between conviction and insecurity in the most beautifully imperfect and human way possible. From detailed notes on her formidable media diet of literature and film to her intense love affairs and infatuations to her meditations on society’s values and vices, the hefty volume is a true cultural treasure.

    As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980

    Susan Sontag

    An extraordinary look at the inner world of a genius, oscillating between conviction and insecurity in the most beautifully imperfect and human way possible. From detailed notes on her formidable media diet of literature and film to her intense love affairs and infatuations to her meditations on society’s values and vices, the hefty volume is a true cultural treasure.
  2. Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation Tom Bissell “To create anything… is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic.”

    Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation

    Tom Bissell

    “To create anything… is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic.”
  3. Laconia: 1,200 Tweets on Film Masha Tupitsyn “LACONIA is, in essence, an architecture of thinking. It is also a book that shows its skeleton. That tackles the multi-media landscape as a language pattern rather than a material phenomenon.” Masha Tupitsyn does film criticism in 1,200 tweets, a bold experiment in medium and message.

    Laconia: 1,200 Tweets on Film

    Masha Tupitsyn

    “LACONIA is, in essence, an architecture of thinking. It is also a book that shows its skeleton. That tackles the multi-media landscape as a language pattern rather than a material phenomenon.”

    Masha Tupitsyn does film criticism in 1,200 tweets, a bold experiment in medium and message.
  4. The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories Frank Rose A field guide to the visionaries—and the fans—who are reinventing the art of storytelling.

    The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories

    Frank Rose

    A field guide to the visionaries—and the fans—who are reinventing the art of storytelling.
  5. Saul Bass Jennifer Bass Saul Bass (1920-1996) is one of the most iconic and influential visual communicators of the 20th century — possibly the most famous graphic designer of all time — having broken out of the conformity of the 1950s to shape the aesthetic of generations of designers and animators with his bold and lively film title sequences and graphic design. Yet no definitive monograph of his prolific, monumental work has existed — until now. Designed by Bass’s daughter Jennifer and written by renowned design historian Pat Kirkham, is a formidable 428-page volume featuring more than 1,400 of Bass’s illustrations, many never before published, that offer an unprecedented look at his legacy and the creative process behind his most celebrated posters, title sequences, and logo designs.

    Saul Bass

    Jennifer Bass

    Saul Bass (1920-1996) is one of the most iconic and influential visual communicators of the 20th century — possibly the most famous graphic designer of all time — having broken out of the conformity of the 1950s to shape the aesthetic of generations of designers and animators with his bold and lively film title sequences and graphic design. Yet no definitive monograph of his prolific, monumental work has existed — until now. Designed by Bass’s daughter Jennifer and written by renowned design historian Pat Kirkham, is a formidable 428-page volume featuring more than 1,400 of Bass’s illustrations, many never before published, that offer an unprecedented look at his legacy and the creative process behind his most celebrated posters, title sequences, and logo designs.