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Findings, file under Supplies for Readers & Writers: W.G. (‘Max’) Sebald’s writing tips. I first came across these in Five Dials. I want to hoard them. Poor Claudia is open for submissions in June....
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Findings, file under Books: You still have a few days to take advantage of our discount on Lisa Solomon‘s Hand/Made. Use the code ‘HANDMADE613′ at checkout to receive 25% off. Super interesting essay...
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Findings, file under Objects: Imagining a shop we’d want to discover in a winding street in a little town we’re visiting, this list of things we like—to fill the imagined shop: This monograph by...
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Arlene Kim: It’s been a long time since I’ve sung a national anthem in a big crowd—possibly even a couple decades. Not being a follower of sports, I don’t go to many games, and there aren’t a lot of...
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Findings, file under Print: The Hannah Arendt Papers in the (US) Library of Congress. “In a U-Haul, North of Damascus“, by David Bottoms. MFA Day Job. “Aerial Missouri River 064 June 11, 2011″, by...
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Findings, file under Publishing: The Gigantic Sequins contests in fiction & poetry are on, and we’ve sent a package of MIEL books and stationery for each of the winners. There are other prizes,...
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Findings, file under Movement: The Travelling Tea Emporium. A signboard for a candy shop in Japan. Occupy Gezi, on Pinterest. “Japanese candy”, by Ro / wererabbit, on Flickr
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Findings, file under Objects: Google’s Maurice Sendak Doodle. Yoriko Youda’s workbook: daily drawings, now almost 1800 of them. Via Pikaland. Monet’s Table: The Cooking Journals of Claude Monet.
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Findings, file under Supplies for Readers & Writers: Techniques for combining typefaces, from H&FJ. Buntmal makes elegant, simple, bright-colored notebooks and other writing supplies. You can...
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…that we will be closing the MIEL shop from July 1 until September 1, so if you’d like to get your hands on something, now’s the time! Any orders that come in after July 1 will be filled and shipped...
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Findings, file under Print: “Anne Boleyn, one of the wives of King Henry VIII, had a dog named Purkoy, who got its name from the French ‘pourquoi’ because it was very inquisitive.” Tucson’s Book Art...
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Findings, file under Movement: Anti-nuclear street art in Japan after 3/11. Occupy Gezi on tumblr. The March Against Monsanto.
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Findings, file under Methods of Recording: Six dances by Pina Bausch. The MIEL shop will close on July 1 until September 1. A few days left to submit to Black Ocean. A few days left to submit to our...
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Valerie Wetlaufer: Where I write I wanted to wait to show you my writing space until it was perfectly organized, until all my pretty little things were on the wall and neatly arranged. Until I’d...
View ArticleWhat we’re doing right now
Reading. And reading. And reading. And reading. We have just over 50 manuscripts and we’ve spent June reading all of them once—now we’re just going back through. We’re hoping to send all news, good or...
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Are you having a bad day? Just want something to pep you up? We think with this you’ll be all right. More soon.
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Where I Work: Michael Lorsung, ceramicist and kiln builder What I am making varies from day to day, in terms of the actual objects. I love history, use, and the deception that simplicity offers. I am...
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On Saturday, September 7, from 10 til 5, we’ll be among the many small presses gathered in Conway Hall (Red Lion Square) as part of Free Verse—the London Poetry Book Fair! We’d love to see you there....
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Just about everywhere, it feels like. And, as you might know, we’ve been busy working on this book and this new issue of 111O (about both of which more soon). But we thought, by way of reintroduction,...
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Findings, file under Print: Cereal: a magazine about food and travel. The World’s End Farm blog. Ben Johncock writes about writing with a pencil. “Assorted Pencils” by Smabs Sputzer, on Flickr
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