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Book Review: ‘The Golden Thread, How Fabric Changed History’ by Kassia St. Clair

August 26, 2020 By Lindsay Curren

"The industry of fabric is older than pottery or metallurgy and perhaps even than agriculture and stock-breeding. Cloth is the original technology." So writes Kassia St. Clair in the introduction to her 2018 book The Golden Thread, How Fabric Changed History*. It's a pithy statement, yet with it she hints at a thesis that the book amply — and entertainingly — defends throughout: that cloth … [Read more...] about Book Review: ‘The Golden Thread, How Fabric Changed History’ by Kassia St. Clair

Filed Under: Fabric Tagged With: book reviews, culture, economy, fabric, fabric lovers, history, Kassia St. Clair

London 67 for Prime Number Literary Magazine

January 20, 2015 By Lindsay Curren

London 67

This week marked the release of Prime Number Issue #67, the cover of which I provided in the linoleum block print pictured above. Prime Number is a journal of distinctive poetry and prose published by Press 53. Prime Number's issues are not Issue #1, #2, #3 etc., but rather are the prime numbers in orders, so Issue #2, #3, #5, #7, #11, etc. They're up to Issue #67 and that's why you see the … [Read more...] about London 67 for Prime Number Literary Magazine

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: art, culture

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