Over the summer I acquired a black tin cash box of my paternal great-grandmother’s effects—interesting word—that had been sitting under a pile of scrapbooks in a closet in my grandparents’ house for decades.  At some point in the box’s life, … Continue reading →

In the Nineties Kinkos was actually a cool place to hang out– like, every slightly punk rock girl in Minneapolis had a crush on someone who worked at Kinkos. They were open twenty-four hours and we’d go in late at … Continue reading →

        A slave pass signed by Samuel Grove, permits “the Boy Barney” to pass and repass to Columbia, MO from the first to the fourth of June for this date in 1852. This pass is a complicated … Continue reading →

I know typography isn’t quite on our radar yet, but we’re close.  I stumbled upon this, a look at the typography of 2001: A Space Odyssey via the Paris Review tumblr, and I wanted to share it before it disappears into the … Continue reading →