Becky Fifield
Wanderlust Fodder: Atlas Obscura’s Interactive Map of Roadtrips in American Literature
Mr. I sent me a link recently to Atlas Obscura’s “The Obsessively Detailed Map of American Literature’s Most Epic Road Trips.” It is...
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Becky Fifield
- Feb 27, 2015
- 2 min
The Pain of Mosul – A Preservation Professional’s Perspective
I have spent my life caring for cultural heritage. As a museum collection manager, my work aims to preserve the physical and intellectual...
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Becky Fifield
- Dec 10, 2013
- 2 min
Fighting Writing: Musings on the Recalcitrant Pen
Does a battle assume there has been a victory? Writing has a threshold that must be crossed, marking the departure from everyday life and...
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Becky Fifield
- Aug 26, 2013
- 3 min
Museum Monday: Museum-Hater
Do we say “museums are not for everyone” and leave it at that? Or should we have meetings this Monday morning to figure out how our...
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Becky Fifield
- Jan 30, 2013
- 2 min
Book: The Look of Architecture by Witold Rybczynski
It’s a little bit untrue to title this small volume solely a book. It caught my eye while I was perusing the stacks last week at the New...
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Becky Fifield
- Jun 3, 2012
- 2 min
Patterns of Thought in Early America
In three short chapters, the small gem of a book Circles and Lines; The Shape of Life in Early America (2004) explores the shift from a...
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Becky Fifield
- May 3, 2012
- 2 min
New York Calling – and gets voice mail
If there’s one thing I felt after reading the excellent New York Calling: From Blackout to Bloomberg ( eds. Marshall Berman and Brian...
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Becky Fifield
- May 3, 2012
- 2 min
New York Calling – and gets voice mail
If there’s one thing I felt after reading the excellent New York Calling: From Blackout to Bloomberg ( eds. Marshall Berman and Brian...
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Becky Fifield
- Apr 19, 2012
- 2 min
Stack Lurker: Some Love for Libraries
In late 2009, I was on the dating circuit. Via Match.com and OKCupid, I was meeting a couple of new potential beaus each week. To one, I...
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Becky Fifield
- Apr 19, 2012
- 2 min
Stack Lurker: Some Love for Libraries
In late 2009, I was on the dating circuit. Via Match.com and OKCupid, I was meeting a couple of new potential beaus each week. To one, I...
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Becky Fifield
- Apr 6, 2012
- 2 min
Trainscribbling – Moving and Writing.
Grand Central Terminal. RL Fifield photo. When I leave the city, it’s either on a plane or a train. On a plane, you have little sense of...
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Becky Fifield
- Apr 6, 2012
- 2 min
Trainscribbling – Moving and Writing.
Grand Central Terminal. RL Fifield photo. When I leave the city, it’s either on a plane or a train. On a plane, you have little sense of...
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