BANNED,BURNED,SEIZED,and CENSORED at HRC

I skipped Body Pump today to pump my brain.  (Cycled 45 minutes for those of you who are well aware of my flexible nature. HA!)  We went up to Harry Ransom Center where we were really engaged by the current exhibits.  THE GREENWICH VILLAGE BOOKSHOP DOOR is an actual door with signatures of 240 artists, writers, publishers, philosophers and just plain ol GV folks.  The years were 1920-1925 and the door was located in Frank Shay's book shop at 4 Christopher Street.  The BW photos, the maps, salvaged books, local newspaper articles, diaries are a wonderful memoir of a literary Bohemia that existed in that part of the city.  We were both transfixed.  The next exhibit on censorship is astonishing.  Can you imagine an annual book burning of obscene literature in NYC supervised by the NYPD? These were the years in between our wars.  God forbid you should read about sex for a breather!  In Boston the Watch and Ward Society truly gave birth to our current Tea Party affiliates.  As I said this is astonishing. Also on exhibit was a 1940 Frida Kahlo Self Portrait. I've seen many prints of this famous painting and was so happy to catch it here before it goes on it's many travels.

We ate at Kerbey Lane and then headed to the new Student Activity Center on campus.  It is absolutely gorgeous.  Modern, spacious, green, green, green and high tech.  A nice compliment to the UNION and just another reason we love UT.  Each time we're on campus we are reminded how fortunate we were to be able to send Liz here.  We each took the subway daily to our City University campuses.