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Periodic Browsing Today’s bookshops increasingly focus on their periodicals, stocking a curated selection of constantly changing contents that keep things fresh and inspire customers to return. Motto is one of the city’s newest and most comprehensive stops for periodic enticements. Opened in December 2008 in an old frame factory in Kreuzberg, the wood-paneled shop jams [...]
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INKED: Clever, Odd and Outrageous Tattoos teNeues / 160 pages / $20 Tattoos have become so commonplace that they no longer hold the panache or shock-value as in the days when they were only found on sailors or ex-cons. Nowadays, a simple “MOM” scrolled across one’s bicep isn’t going to get a second look. And [...]
Out of the Hut and Onto the Page
Tony D’Souza gets more out of his travels than snapshots and souvenirs Text by Kiira Mancasola Tony D’Souza is not going to let the old writer’s adage, “Write what you know,” keep him from writing about what he’s passionate about—regardless of how far-flung or obscure the topic. With an ardor for re-search that could be [...]
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David Drebin: Love and Other Stories (Daab, 160 pages, $70) The visual narrative of David Drebin’s, Love and Other Stories, needs no introduction—a good thing for the editors over at Daab, as the book doesn’t have one. And why go and muddle-up Drebin’s photographic images with text? Drebin (a Canadian turned New Yorker) has a [...]
Standing Tall: Chloe Hooper
For some people creativity is akin to breathing—a seemingly effortless task without which they cease to exist. Australian writer, novelist and journalist, Chloe Hooper is one such person. Saturated with talent and a quest to engage with the world around her through the medium of words, the lithe Melbourne-based writer is on the cusp of [...]
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Words Fail Me By Teresa Monachino (Phaidon Press) What will you get for that distant cousin who publicly insulted your haircut at the last family gathering for Christmas? Or that office colleague who always drinks the last cup of coffee? When an occasion for compulsory gift-giving arises, Phaidon has published a little book that will [...]
A Novel Distraction
Text by Steven Leckart Photograph by Kava Gorna It took Jack Kerouac three weeks (plus coffee and Benzedrine) to churn out On the Road. For the Walkmen, three weeks wasn’t enough to finish their novel, but it did get the ball rolling. Started during a 2004 trek through the Midwest, they collectively penned John’s Journey [...]