By Daniel D'Addario 7/11/12 11:00am

books

Leanne

Leanne Shapton Pools Her Assets

As we head to breakfast near her West Village apartment, Leanne Shapton has a pressing question. “Does the cover look too feminine?”

She had received mixed reviews from friends of the cover art for her new personal history, Swimming Studies, which shows a cerulean blue swimming cap; those who know swimming, she explained, know that Read More

By Nancy Dalva 2/09/09 10:44pm

The Crying of 332 Lots

Important Artifacts …
By Leanne Shapton
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 129 pages, $18

Have you ever rearranged your stuff before visitors arrived? Exchanged the lowbrow books on the night table for better ones, reconsidered the bibelots, removed some of the items from the medicine cabinet, and put out better kitchen towels? Knowing full well the Read More