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Large Scale presents a rare opportunity to witness the creative process up-close in a new, illustrated monograph on the Lippincott workshop, which fabricated monumental works with such notables as Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein and Barnett Newman.

Daniel Leuwers collection of rare books in manuscript format with illustrations by artists is touring the world. The exhibition started in France with a beautiful art catalog comprising 500 books. It is an endeavor where the book transcends the publishing industry to venture in the artistic realm. The catalog is potentially a great 2011 holiday gift.

Rarely giving interviews, former US Poet Laureate Donald Hall agreed to have a conversation with his former University of Michigan student George Abbott White for BFA. On a beautiful sunlit November day, the two sat down at Hall's New Hampshire farm to an extensive dialogue about what went into his life and poetry. This was a special exchange both personally and professionally.

Parttime Berkshire resident Governor Patrick Duval has penned a memoir, A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life. In it, he has personalized some aspects of his Horatio Alger life, but not all. He says though temporarily broke he was not poor. His is a lesson of a life lived to the fullest taking advantage of the opportunities and not dwelling on the difficulties.

Sarah Sutro is a painter, writer and poet. Her latest publication, COLORS, Passages through Art, Asia and Nature was published in 2010. This one hundred page book offers one thousand bits of wisdom, knowledge and information about living thoughtfully, carefully and well - here and abroad.

Is the Bible—that is to say, are the first five books of it—prophetically encoded? The implications that arise from such a question ought to (although they won’t; we all know they won’t) provoke far more widespread spiritual introspection and serious religious debate than the argument over whether Jesus of Nazareth lived to a ripe old age in the South of France, making babies with Mary Magdalene. Ezra Barany's homage to Dan Brown opens us to speculations on subjects as diverse, and as intimately related, as the availability of free energy from the fabric of space-time and the nature of the divine feminine.

Seven years ago Michael Zivyak founded the regional magazine Berkshire Living. As editor he brought on board former Berkshire Eagle popular music critic Seth Rogovoy. Over the past couple of years it created a strong on line presence with links to national and local news and arts stories. While it consistently received awards for journalistic excellence like all print publications, particularly startups, it faced a tsunami of challenges. These included a sour economy, limited readership that swells and contracts with seasons, and ever increased costs. It will be missed.

Theodoros Stamos (Greek: Θεόδωρος Στάμος), (December 31, 1922 – February 2, 1997). A recent poem by Gerard Malanga on the occasion of the 90th birthday of the abstract expressionist painter.

There is a media frenzy for the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton. Be still dear heart. My coverage of Royalty began in 1947 when I interviewed the Duke of Windsor. He invited me for cookies and cake in his suite at the Waldorf Astoria. But Mom wouldn't let me go. She never explained why.