title: Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea by Robert Chandler, Elizabeth Chandler, Anne Marie Jackson &amp; Irina Steinberg
abstract: the text primarily concerns late-twentieth -century and contemporary American quilts. South African textiles form a second area of emphasis. Engagingly written extended captions accompany each image, typically addressing the quilter’s process or the work’s (often disturbing) subject matter. Yet the real significance of this book—its most powerful expression and most potent communication —lies not in words but in its images. Some featured textiles resemble petitions signed in thread, recording th
journal: World Literature Today