MedlemJayLivernois

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1,251 böcker 18 samlingar 308 recensioner
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Food & Wine (153), Francisque Library (125), Biography (115), Archetypal Psychology (105), Poetry (104), Cultural History (83), American History (81), Quassett Library (69), French Culture (68), American Literature (66), American Culture (62), Jungian Psychology (60), European History (60), English Literature (50), Psychology (45), M-P (45), Renaissance Studies (44), Literary Criticism (44), French Literature (43), Military History (41), Art (40), Abraxas Collection (38), Local History (38), European Culture (31), Occult (30), Cookbook (29), Italian Culture (29), Philosophy (28), Italian Literature (28), Art History (27), Autobiography (27), Eroticism (27), Literary History (27), Erotica (26), History (26), Classical Studies (23), Translation (22), French History (22), Travel (22), French Food (22), Literature (19), History of Religion (19), Cultural Studies (18), Mythology (17), European Cultural History (17), French Poetry (17), Classical Literature (16), Metro Bistrot Collection 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Mar 29, 2009
Riktigt namn
Jay Freeman Livernois
Om mitt bibliotek
I now have consolidated two libraries in Connecticut of close to 5000 volumes and manuscripts, many of unique provenance, from years in publishing, academia, and having been connected with an unusual group of international writers and thinkers especially in the fields of psychoanalysis, mythology, poetry, and theatre. Plus I have another collection of books in France.
Besides laboring in the bookshelves at Eranos, and before that working for about 15 years in publishing for James Hillman's Spring Publications, and then with Charles Boer editing the Spring Journal, and then with Nancy Cater, the Roy Hart Centre had a growing library and archives, which was enhanced by a generous donation from the English theatre director, Lily Susan Todd, of the collection of Christopher Wicking (a horror movie expert, screenwriter, and director), her late husband. I helped organize this collection at Malérargues, but sadly, the Centre has essentially become, with a change of leadership on its board, an off season housing project and summer vacation place for tax-cheating dilettantes and neurotics in theatre and "the arts".

My rating of books is: 5 = excellent; could change thinking, 4 = good and a delight, 3 = average read, 2 = okay, 1 = bad; and halves are in between due to minor blemishes in the writing.
Om mig
I am interested in the history and origins of ideas and texts. I am an Epicurean in philosophy and taste. I was the Director of the Roy Hart International Arts Centre from December 2005 to February 2011, which is located at the Château de Malérargues in the Cévennes mountains on the southern edge of France's Massif Central. While Director, I acquired several interesting libraries and book collections for the Centre, the most notable being the library of Christopher Wicking. I also used to be the Director of the Eranos Foundation (2000-2002) in Ascona, Switzerland and oversaw the creation of an annotated bibliography of their unique library collections from 1998 to 2002. I also worked for many years as an editor and publisher (1988-2001) with Spring Publications and was the founder (along with James Hillman and Julia Hillman) of Spring Audio (1991) and Spring Journal Books (1997 with Charles Boer) and was the editor of the Eranos Yearbook (1992-1999). A graduate of Woodstock Academy in Woodstock, Connecticut, I have been further educated at the University of Connecticut (B.A. 1979 and M.A. 1989), West Point (1975-77), the University of Dallas (1980), Université de Rouen (1985-86), and the University of London (summer 1974).
Growing up in a rural, relatively isolated and poor community (Woodstock) in the northeastern part of Connecticut, early on I developed a craving for reading and writing. And there was a rural community library, the North Woodstock Library, which was only a three mile walk from my home where I could borrow almost any book I wanted via the State interlibrary loan system. It had a superb librarian, Mrs. Kelly, who encouraged me in reading everything. As a result I have poured much of my life into editing and writing work and most of my talent into reading and a desire for books.
I speak English, French, and Italian and also read and translate Latin and some German and Spanish and am familiar with Swedish.
I also collect Haitian, African, New Guinean, and contemporary art, and play a good game of raquetball (or badminton or tennis if I can find someone to play). I also love to eat and drink well, so for me France was not the worst place to have lived. Until recently I lived in Woodstock in the house I was raised in on a farm my great-grandfather, Joseph Livernois, bought in 1916. I moved in 2018 to a 300 year old house in Pomfret, Connecticut. For me and my wife, it is a place of books, art, good meals, and wine. With this in body and soul, and not employable in any educational institution today, my French wife and I opened a French restaurant in 2013, The Metro Bistrot, in the neighboring town of Southbridge, Massachusetts.
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Pomfret, Connecticut
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http://www.metrobistrot.com
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A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age av William Manchester
The Histories av Herodotus
The Life of Samuel Johnson av James Boswell
The Sixties: The Last Journal, 1960-1972 av Edmund Wilson
Le Guide Michelin: France 2019, 110 edition av Michelin
Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution av Priya Satia
The Russian Mephisto: A Study of the Life and Work of Emilii Medtner av Magnus Ljunggren
The Ugly Renaissance: Sex, Greed, Violence and Depravity in an Age of Beauty av Alexander Lee
The Passionate Sightseer: From the Diaries 1947-56 av Bernard Berenson
Phantoms of the Imagination: Fantasy in Art and Literature from Blake to Dali av Abraham Marie Hammacher
A Naturalist Buys an Old Farm av Edwin Way Teale
Jung, Buddhism, and the Incarnation of Sophia: Unpublished Writings from the Philosopher of the Soul av Henry Corbin
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings av Matthew Kneale
The Bernard Berenson Collection of Oriental Art at Villa I Tatti av Laurance P. Roberts
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin av Erik Larson
The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory av Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Berlin av David Clay Large
Loves, Etc. av Marguerite Harris
Flaubert: A Biography av Herbert R. Lottman
Lemnitzer: A Soldier for His Time av L. James Binder
A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzaga of Mantua av Kate Simon
The Secret War Against Hitler av William Casey
Great Plains av Ian Frazier
George Bancroft: The Intellectual As Democrat av Lilian Handlin
American Salons: Encounters with European Modernism, 1885-1917 av Robert M. Crunden
The French in North America: 1500 - 1783 av W. Eccles
History of Windham County, Connecticut av Richard M. Bayles
When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough av Harold S. Kushner
The Sense of Beauty: Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory av George Santayana
Burgers av James McNair
Vacation Yesterdays of New England av William H. Marnell
Hidden History of Connecticut av Wilson H Faude
The Wonderful Food of Provence av Jean-Noel Escudier
A History of Cookbooks: From Kitchen to Page over Seven Centuries (California Studies in Food and Culture): 64 av Henry Notaker
Eranos: Jahrbuch 1981 - Rise and Descent av Rudolf Ritsema
The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name av Brian Muraresku
Selected Works from the Worcester Art Museum av Worcester Art Museum
Fernando Pessoa & Co.: Selected Poems av Fernando Pessoa
Mistress of the Elgin Marbles: A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin av Susan Nagel
Our Hundred Days in Europe av Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense av Gad Saad
American History Through a Whiskey Glass: How Distilled Spirits, Domestic Cuisine, and Popular Music Helped Shape a Nation av Harris Cooper
The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte Family av Olivia Williams
Gershom Scholem: An Intellectual Biography av Amir Engel
Native Americans of New England av Christoph Strobel
Adriatic: A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age av Robert D. Kaplan
America's Founding Food: The Story of New England Cooking av Keith Stavely
The Good Cuisine: 208 recipes easy and inspired av Françoise Bernard
Kitchen Creativity: Unlocking Culinary Genius--with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Ideas from the World's Most Creative Chefs av Karen Page
The Food and Wine of France: Eating and Drinking from Champagne to Provence av Edward Behr
Let's Eat France! av François-Régis Gaudry
Mario of the Caprice: The Autobiography of a Restaurateur av Mario Gallati
Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America av Leila Philip
Olympia: Paris in the Age of Manet av Otto Friedrich
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