Allen Ginsberg’s letter about Buddhism was handwritten on the back of a discarded erotic manuscript, complete with tattoos, dog-like leg-humping, licking, and Ginsberg’s notation “recycled.”
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Bo Press’ Mini Books
Pat Sweet, founder and publisher of Bo Press, discusses her love for miniature books, her eclectic “dog’s breakfast” list of titles, and the miniature as object.
Monocle Stationary A5
Monocle may be both the best edited and best produced magazine for the eclectic international businessperson, equally concerned with good design, luxury travel, and world affairs. Their pocket shops—our closest outpost is in Santa Monica—peddle a well-curated selection of luxury goods, including the Monocle-branded Stationery Notebooks (£15 for an A5 in softcover, £25 for its [...]
Midori Spiral Ring Camel Notebook
Midori’s 80-page Spiral Bound Camel Notebook recalls the best aspects of grade school spiral-bounds, but with the luxury expected from the makers of the Traveler’s Notebook.
The Midori Traveler’s Passport.
Vlad Osso makes his own international identification with the Midori Traveler’s Passport, a passport-sized and passport-quality notebook from the highly lauded Japanese luxury notebook line.
El Catrín: USB Typewriter
Timeline of Typewriter History: Late 1930s, Giuseppi Preziosa perfects the Hermes Baby, the typewriter lauded by Hemingway and Steinbeck for its portability. Late 2010, Jack Zylkin perfects the USB Typewriter, which converts vintage typewriters into fully functional computer keyboards that still work with paper, too.
El Catrín: Minnesotan Broadsides
From Start to Here, the Minnesota Center for Book Arts 25th Anniversary Broadside Portfolio showcases a wide range of book arts techniques including typeset letterpress printing, hand papermaking, calligraphy, wood engraving, reductive linocut and many others.
El Catrín: Moleskine Cahiers in Red
Revived with the enthusiastic support of Bruce Chatwin, the Peter Beard meets Robert Walser of small notebook writers, the Moleskin cahiers in red are perfect for travel.
El Catrín: Visconti Homo Sapiens
El Catrín, Molossus‘ writerly lifestyle column, introduces the Visconti Homo Sapiens, a slightly hygroscopic fountain pen made from basaltic lava sourced from the Etna Volcano on Sicily.
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The Prodigal Son: A Microscript by Robert Walser
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The Literature of Justice
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Writing without Writing: On Mario Bellatin
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Beneath My Olive Tree with Lorca: Poetry by Mahmoud Darwish
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Three Poems from Cuba
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The Black Olive Tree and Other Memories
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Offerings to the God of Attention: Recent Literary Events in Bali and Australia
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World Prose Portfolio #7: Dennis Walder
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Burning Deck: Introducing an Appreciation
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World Prose Portfolio #6: Sunetra Gupta
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