Book
A velocity of being : letters to a young reader
Publication Information
New York : Enchanted Lion Books , 2018.
Physical Description
256 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Audience
Ages 10+.
Summary
"A collection of 121 letters by authors, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and philosophers about the impact reading has had on their lives. Every letter is accompanied by a full page illustration"--
Contents
- Jacqueline Woodson ; Lara Hawthorne
- Laura Brown-Lavoie ; Ping Zhu
- Alexandra Horowitz ; Frank Viva
- Neil Gaiman ; Sophie Blackall
- Alain De Botton ; Mouni Feddag
- Diane Ackerman ; Olivier Tallec
- Jane Goodall ; Christian Robinson
- David Byrne ; Daniel Salmieri
- Jad Abumrad ; JooHee Yoon
- Martha Nussbaum ; Michela Buttignol
- Rebecca Solnit ; Liniers
- Elizabeth Gilbert ; Marianne Dubuc
- David Whyte ; Felicita Sala
- Claudia Guadalupe Martinez ; Ashleigh Corrin
- Alexander Chee ; Taeeun Yoo
- Amanda Palmer ; Øyvind Torseter
- Rose Styron ; Cindy Derby
- Dani Shapiro ; Yara Kono
- Emily Levine ; Kristin Roskifte
- Lucianne Walkowicz ; Violeta Lópiz
- Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie ; Esme Shapiro
- Helen Fagin ; Ingrid Godon
- Debbie Millman ; Dasha Tolstikova
- Shonda Rhimes ; Matthew Forsythe
- Thomas Page McBee ; Mandana Sadat
- Alan Lightman ; Josh Cochran
- Amanda Stern ; Carson Ellis
- Roz Chast
- Ruth Ann Harnisch ; Maisie Paradise Shearring
- Annalee Newitz ; Chloe Bonfield
- Judy Blume ; Decur
- Robin Wall Kimmerer ; Valerio Vidali
- Cory Doctorow ; You Jung Byun
- Aracelis Girmay ; Ariana Fields
- Isabel Minhós Martins ; Christopher Silas Neal
- Sarah Kay ; Lisa D'andrea
- Seth Godin ; Katrin Stangl
- Ariel Schrag
- Mary Oliver ; Marc Johns
- Naomi Wolf ; Hyewon Yum
- Susan Orlean ; Wendy MacNaughton
- Bruce Handy ; Albertine
- Andrew Solomon ; Catarina Sobral
- Richard Branson ; William Grill
- Anne-Marie Slaughter ; Anne Slaughter
- Laurel Braitman ; Cecilia Ruiz
- Mohammed Fairouz ; Nahid Kazemi
- Matthew Burgess ; Jenni Desmond
- Aaron Koblin ; Tallulah Fontaine
- Sylvia Earle ; Sophie Gilmore
- Felicia Day ; Emily Hughes
- Jerome Bruner ; Mo Willems
- Lena Dunham ; Tim Miller
- Terry Teachout ; Kenard Pak
- Mara Faye Lethem ; Ofra Amit
- Parker Palmer ; Hadley Hooper
- Eve Ensler ; Zoey Abbott
- Tim Ferriss ; Benjamin Chaud
- Ev Williams ; Brian Floca
- Maud Newton ; Peter Brown
- Steven Pinker ; Marine Rivoal
- David L. Ulin ; Gemma Correll
- Natascha McElhone ; Bernardo P. Carvalho
- Lise Solomon ; Zachariah Ohora
- Dean Wareham ; Benoît Delhomme
- Mariska Hargitay ; Samantha Cotterill
- Hans Ulrich Obrist ; Serge Bloch
- Kevin Kelly ; Andrea Tsurumi
- Courtney E. Martin ; Isol
- David Delgado ; The Brothers Hilts
- Chris Anderson ; Brian Rea
- Leonard S. Marcus ; Julia Rothman
- Thao Ngyuen ; Sean G. Qualls
- Tavi Gevinson ; Vittoria Facchini
- William Powers ; Christoph Niemann
- Chris Ware
- Paul Holdengräber ; Maira Kalman
- Liz Danzico ; Ohara Hale
- Samantha Cristoforetti ; John Parra
- Holland Taylor ; Oliver Jeffers
- Brandon Stanton ; Sara Varon
- Maria Bustillos ; Sergio Ruzzier
- Rebecca Mead ; Sonia Sánchez
- Krista Tippett ; Judith Clay
- Emily Spivack ; Liz Starin
- Regina Spektor ; Benji Davies
- Marina Abramović ; Lia Halloran
- Ellen Handler Spitz ; Sandra Jávera
- Sarah Lewis ; Julie Paschkis
- Dona Ann McAdams ; Marc Drumwright
- Baba Brinkman ; Lizi Boyd
- Paola Antonelli ; Kris Di Giacomo
- Daniel Handler ; Lisa Brown
- Shirley Manson ; RUMISU
- J.D. McClatchy ; Chip Kidd
- Steven Heller ; Pascal Blanchet
- Morley Kamen ; Miguel Pang Ly
- Françoise Moulley ; Art Spiegelman
- Jon Scieszka ; Henrik Drescher
- Isabel Quintero ; Sabina Hahn
- Tomi Ungerer
- Pamela Paul ; Alessandro Sanna
- Meehan Crist ; Jon Klassen
- Rebecca Newberger Goldstein ; Giselle Potter
- Dawn Landes ; Elise Hurst
- Caroline Paul ; Grant Snider
- Lisa Randall ; Luke Ramsey
- John Maeda ; Katie Harnett
- Jacqueline Novogratz ; Isabelle Arsenault
- Chris Sacca ; Carla Torres
- Tom De Blasis ; Shaun Tan
- Ursula K. Le Guin ; Charles Vess
- Yo-Yo Ma ; Narges Mohammadi
- Ann Patchett ; Vladimir Radunsky
- Ann Martin ; Robin Rosenthal
- Kaisa Leka ; Christoffer Leka
- James Gleick ; Benoit Tardif
- Adam Gopnik ; Beatrice Alemagna
- Janna Levin ; The Fan Brothers
- Anne Lamott ; Andrea Dezsö
- Elizabeth Alexander ; R. Gregory Christie
- Artist biographies.