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Albert LaFarge
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Editorial consultant; lecturer in Humanities @MassArt. OED is my copilot.
Tears of joy and so much else. alastairmoock.substack.com/p/two-babies...
Two Babies Go to College
It's been a journey to arrive at this very big week.
alastairmoock.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Alice Austen's stunning 1891 photo “The Darned Club” is showcased here as "a depiction of lesbian domesticity." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/a....
Read about Bonnie Yochelson's recent book on Austen at thelafargeagency.com/book/too-goo....
How ‘Gay’ Became an Identity in Art
www.nytimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Bonnie Yochelson's book (long in the making) on photographer Alice Austen has arrived! Pub date is June 3, serendipitously during Pride Month. Here is a link to book events in June. Fall events in the works. More at www.bonnieyochelson.com, thelafargeagency.com/book/too-goo... ...

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Book Tour with Bonnie Yochelson, author of "Too Good to Get Married: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen"
Email from Fordham University Press Register Today! BOOK EVENTS with Bonnie Yochelson       "A sensitive portrait of a prolific photographer."—Kirkus Reviews "Too Good to Get Married is an assiduous,
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May 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Bonnie Yochelson will talk about her new book at the Museum of the City of New York on Saturday, June 7, 2025, 1 p.m.
www.mcny.org/event/too-go...; thelafargeagency.com/book/too-goo...; @museumofcityny.bsky.social
Too Good to Get Married: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen
Learn about the extraordinary life of feminist icon Alice Austen.
www.mcny.org
May 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Magic. youtu.be/Gpl2jYZMI5c?... More at www.cam.ac.uk/stories/merl... (reported in www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/europe/merlin-manuscript-cambridge.html?smid=url-share). Hope for more Sappho, Gilgamesh, Lucretius--who knows what else rare marvels lurk?
Virtual opening of CUL’s Vanneck Merlin fragment
YouTube video by Cambridge University Library (the UL)
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March 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Some nice reflections on #GeorgeVHiggins; I chuckled at "Nobody watches Hamlet and asks where Claudius bought the ear-poison." A half-hour audio pod (Dan and Mike's "Fifteen-Minute Film Fanatics"; scroll down) promises deep thoughts on the wily, impish ways of GVH.
open.substack.com/pub/pagesand...
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Another Day at Work
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March 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"Cigars." A favorite (alongside Peter Boyle). youtu.be/BXPl_wr2QNw?...
February 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
RIP 5 men who greatly impressed me: Tony Carleton (in photo), Boker Doyle (www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...), George Meszoly (www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...), Barclay Tittman (www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...), Ike Williams (provincetownindependent.org/featured/202...).
January 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM