One for #LibrarianMastodon - did you know that Harney & Sons makes a Bella da Costa Greene-themed tea? It may have her boss in the pic on the tin, but here for this.

May need to pick up more next time I’m in NYC, recently re-discovered among my tea hoard and it’s so good.

#Tea #Librarians #Library #BelleDaCostaGreene #MorganLibrary #TeaNerd

“She Who Wrote” at the Morgan Library.

“She Who Wrote” presents a series of clay tablets containing the first known recorded use of the word “I” in human history, written by history’s first known author, Enheduanna—a poet, priestess, and, yes, woman

https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/she-who-wrote-enheduanna-morgan-library-1234650999/ #MorganLibrary

“She Who Wrote” at the Morgan Library.

“She Who Wrote” presents a series of clay tablets containing the first known recorded use of the word “I” in human history, written by history’s first known author, Enheduanna—a poet, priestess, and, yes, woman

https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/she-who-wrote-enheduanna-morgan-library-1234650999/ #MorganLibrary

Fascinating article about the world's first documented author, a woman in Mesopotamia, by Elizabeth Winkler in The New Yorker.
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-struggle-to-unearth-the-worlds-first-author #WomenWriters #Literature #Mesopotamia #MorganLibrary #Enheduanna