Letters of Note

Correspondence across the ages that reveal the personal side of public figures and humanize great events

Not so long ago—in the age before Twitter, email and Facebook—people wrote out their feelings, gripes, grievances and praise on hotel notepads, scraps of paper and personal stationary, and then mailed them. While some might argue that the art of correspondence died with the advent of the internet, it was Letters of Note—a popular website sharing correspondence across history and spheres—that paved the way for …

The Duchamp Dictionary

An authoritative, alphabetically arranged exploration of the artist's life and work

The controversy and academic analysis surrounding the work of French-American painter Marcel Duchamp remains a focal point in art history circles. With Thomas Girst‘s new alphabetically arranged exploration of the artist—”The Duchamp Dictionary“—it has never been easier to gain insight into the man’s life and work. Coinciding with multiple global exhibitions celebrating the 100th anniversary of Duchamp’s “the readymade” (ordinary objects that he would select, …

Training for the New Alpinism

An athletic approach to improving physical and mental toughness on the mountain

Clinging to a precious step of granite, ice axes in hand, with the next rest 12 meters up, the only regret you’ll have as a climber is the training you passed up. Each centimeter gained vertically is a triumph as the lactic acid builds and pulses quicken. It takes feeling that deep fatiguewhen your strength (physical and mental) is all that’s leftto realize the importance …