The Rumpus 2016 Holiday Gift Guide
We’ve gathered up our favorite gifting ideas this holiday season and put them together into one handy list!
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Posts Tagged: Pen & Ink
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton
Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton on their new book Knives & Ink, cooking with pigs’ heads, and long-distance collaboration.
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The Last Book I Loved: Pen & Ink
I was so very tired of being judged and dismissed. The more others pressed their expectations upon me, the more I turned to tattooing to protest.
...moreIsaac Fitzgerald on Almost Live at Mellow Pages
Rumpus co-owner and Buzzfeed Books editor Isaac Fitzgerald sits down with Mellow Pages Library for a podcast discussion. They talk about Fitzgerald’s blog-to-book project Pen & Ink, his career path, and his transcontinental journey to New York to work at Buzzfeed.
...morePen & Ink Seeking Submissions for Book
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, a tattoo might be worth a book. If that sounds like the kind of book you’d like to read, good news: Pen & Ink, the blog about tattoos and the stories behind them by Rumpus compadres Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton, is jumping from web pages to paper […]
...more“I Stand on the Street and Observe and Draw”
When I was little I had this drawing workbook that I would use after school. On the front of it was a picture of a little kid, my age at the time (maybe 8) and he was drawing with a plate of cookies and glass of milk in front of him. I remember pointing at […]
...moreTao Lin Tells Tattoo Tale
If you didn’t already know, Rumpus co-owner Isaac Fitzgerald and Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton run a spiffy little blog called Pen & Ink, which documents “tattoos and the stories behind them.” Today, alt-lit luminary Tao Lin reveals the meaning behind his impulsively acquired wrist tattoo. We’ll just say this: any tattoo that addresses both existential anxiety and […]
...more(Thumb!) Wrestling Masks and Knuckle Tats
Pen & Ink duo Wendy MacNaughton and Isaac Fitzgerald were commissioned by McSweeney’s to create temp tats for children. The result: Six (Temporary) Tattoos to Give Yourself At Home. Plus a handy chart for temporary tattoo “guns” rated for usability and permanent-ness. The tats will fade but the do-it-yourself ethos might just linger on.
...moreRoxane Gay’s Tattoos
Rumpus essays editor Roxane Gay is featured today on Pen & Ink, a new Tumblr from our own Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton. Check out Roxane’s seven arm tattoos, and the story behind them.
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