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Gertrude Aziz

Why Baldwin? Morson-Matra points to the writer’s own search for refuge, which in 1948 led him to flee the racism of New York for the freer, more bohemian Paris. “Having to leave where you are, you know, the place that you’ve loved, Harlem, and go to Europe, is something that […]

Fall’s Hottest Interior Design Trend? Rattan

Gertrude Aziz

When Athena Calderone designed her first ever collection for Crate and Barrel, there was one material she simply had to include: rattan. The hearty palm wood, she thought, was the perfect complement to the sleek base of her 1950s French-inspired iron floor lamp, as well as neatly accenting her angular, […]