eBranch Blog

September 05, 2006

Women Painters in Print - West U. Librarian's Article in LJ

Keddy Outlaw, branch librarian at West University Branch Library, has contributed a second article entitled "With Brush in Hand: Women Painters in Print" to the Reader's Shelf column, in Library Journal. Keddy delves into the lives of women who paint through a selection of novels. The Reader's Shelf column is edited by popular librarian Nancy Pearl, author of Book Lust and More Book Lust. Titles included in the column are:

Susan Vreeland. The Forest Lover - See also Growing Pains: The Autobiography of Emily Carr
Margaret Atwood. Cat's Eye
The Incantation of Frida K. - See also The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait
Sharyn Rohlfsen Udall. Carr, O'Keeffe, Kahlo: Places of Their Own
Joe Coomer. A Pocketful of Names
Sarah Dunant. The Birth of Venus
Harriet Scott Chessman. Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper
Katie Schneider. All We Know of Love

See the article for information on women painters in literature and descriptions of the books.

See Also West U. Librarian's Article Published in Library Journal from 12/2005