"If Beale Street Could Talk" costume designer Caroline Eselin talks about how she used the costumes to honor author James Baldwin.
"In addition, we have a longstanding policy of honoring authors' wishes, and authors or publishers who wish to exclude their book may do so at any time".
This month he organized a holiday reception in the ornate trustees room honoring authors who have availed themselves of the library's collections.
They are sponsored by the Ingersoll Foundation in Rockford, Ill., which seeks to honor authors "of abiding importance whose works affirm the moral principles of Western Civilization". Previous winners include Eugene Ionesco, Anthony Powell, Jorge Luis Borges and Robert Nisbet.
The holiday provides a designated time to honor authors.
However, few lovers of children and young adult books realize that the awards also honors authors in those fields.
Even so, the result demands a patient viewing, and maybe more than one; only after a second dose did I get the measure of Garrone's mastery, and realize how far he has surpassed, not merely honored, the author's courageous toil.
Including philanthropic investments within an entire investment portfolio is what my friend and colleague Jed Emerson calls "investing for total return". He's just released a book on that subject, titled The ImpactAssets Handbook for Investors, and I was honored to author the chapter Transformational Giving: Philanthropy as an Investment in Change.
Such focus goes far beyond common "brick and mortar" examples, such as castle ruins, statues of architect Robert Adam and William Wallace (Braveheart), a tower honoring author Walter Scott or St. Giles Cathedral.
Newbery Honor author Grace Lin creatively teaches kids about the phases of the moon in A Big Mooncake for Little Star, which was partly inspired by the Moon Festival.
