"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
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London 67 for Prime Number Literary Magazine
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
