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Pen & Ink

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The Rumpus 2016 Holiday Gift Guide

  • The Rumpus
  • December 11, 2016
We've gathered up our favorite gifting ideas this holiday season and put them together into one handy list!
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • November 23, 2016
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

  • Kelly J. Baker
  • December 26, 2014
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.
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Isaac Fitzgerald on Almost Live at Mellow Pages

  • Ian MacAllen
  • August 13, 2014
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,…
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Pen & Ink Seeking Submissions for Book

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • June 14, 2013
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 &…
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“I Stand on the Street and Observe and Draw”

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • June 13, 2013
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…
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Tao Lin Tells Tattoo Tale

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • June 7, 2013
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.”…
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(Thumb!) Wrestling Masks and Knuckle Tats

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • January 29, 2013
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…
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Roxane Gay’s Tattoos

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • June 19, 2012
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…
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