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Notes on Dying: Investigating Marginalia in a 16th Century Treatise about Death
a book history essay about the marks left by readers in a 1541 copy of "A compendious and very fruitful treatyse teachynge the waye of dyenge well"
Apr 6
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rainy day recommendations
music, films, fragrance, moodboards
Mar 21
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spring in the library
my current reads: books and articles
Mar 18
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what's growing in my garden this season
what i'm looking forward to in spring: activities, culture calendar, fitness and movement goals.
Mar 13
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an afternoon making paper by hand
recollections of/notes on embodied labour in book arts
Mar 11
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meditations on adult friendship after a strange dream
I recently discovered—against my will— that the word “gloam” means twilight.
Mar 9
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encountering sublimity in the archives
a terrifying, awe-inspiring experience on a random thursday
Feb 26
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vocabulary words i loved this week
some words that I've been either thinking about constantly or weaving into conversation over the past few weeks
Feb 26
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musings on the makings of a contemporary classic
in which i bemoan contemporary litfic and end up glazing the secret history
Feb 20
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Behind the Glass, Beyond the Stacks: On the Rare Book Library Exhibition as a Site for Public Pedagogy
an essay examining rare book exhibitions in libraries as a form of public pedagogy that breaks down barriers to book history.
Feb 13
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victorian valentine's cards: a fragment of ephemeral print history
Valentine’s cards are an iconic niche in the material and print culture of the 1800s, and they’ve unmistakably shaped the contemporary aesthetics of the…
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2026, year of the movie theatre
the three cinema experiences i had this month!
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