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"This book is a structured stream of consciousness story about so many things, about ghosts, names, language, addiction, family, non-binary identity, self-love, and numbers. Mendelsohn weaves their narrative out of short anecdotes on a topic, bullet-pointed lists, a letter to their departed grandmother, and passages that punch like poetry. There are so many one-liners in this book, leaving your memory tattooed with sentences like flowers dug into the skin."

Beautiful review of Tyler Mendelsohn's Laurel by Maria C. Goodson in Atticus Review <3

Get your copy here:https://www.inkpressproductions.com/product-page/laurel-by-tyler-mendelsohn

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“As a Baltimore-based writer, it was awesome to meet so many people from the community, to make connections for the future and to know that I have a tribe of writers I can turn to in and near the city.” #WednesdayWisdom from a past attendee at The Woods. Applications close 9/30/19. We hope you'll join us in Cacapon State Park, 1/9-1/12/2020. 

Apply--> https://writersandwords.net/retreat/

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Applications for #thewoods2020 are open for TWO more weeks! Join us and Writers & Words in a serene location that inspires creativity. Submit your application at https://writersandwords.net/retreat/

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We can't wait to write in this scenery. <3 #MondayMotivation Don't forget--applications for #thewoods2020 are open through September 30th! Join us and Writers & Words. Submit your application at https://writersandwords.net/retreat/

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Donate to the Writers for Migrant Justice - Baltimore Reading! to support migrants. At the reading tomorrow, 7pm-9pm at Press Press, your donation enters you in a raffle to win local art, like the Ink Press Productions books pictured.

Writers for Migrant Justice is a nationally-coordinated effort to host literary readings in nearly 40 cities across the country to raise funds for Immigrant Families Together in supporting detained migrants. Each reading will take place on Wednesday, September 4th, and each to raise $500 as part of the overall GoFundMe's goal of $25,000 to post bail and provide support to detained migrants.

Baltimore Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/526955298047927/?active_tab=discussion

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#throwback to #thewoods2018 literary scavenger hunt winners. Don't forget--applications for #thewoods2020 are open through September 30th! Join us and Writers & Words. Submit your application at https://writersandwords.net/retreat/

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Oliver loves LAUREL and you can too. Pick up your copy at https://www.inkpressproductions.com/product-page/laurel-by-tyler-mendelsohn

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Sundays are for recharging and creativity. Start your 2020 getting creative with us and Writers & Words at The Woods III with writer-in-residence celeste doaks. 

Applications close 9/30, apply today!https://writersandwords.net/retreat/

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Are you enjoying Tyler Mendelsohn's Laurel? Let us know on the Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47781736-laurel

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Let the figure 8 lie down to rest and you get infinity–those two lacuna surrounded by endless connection. In Laurel, Tyler Mendelsohn fills one circle with stories of sobriety and laments for a grandmother, each echoing into the various definitions of ghosts. The other circle is filled with the curiosities of permanence and what it means to mean anything or nothing as a person evolves. Mendelsohn places that figure 8 on the reader’s head like a laurel, asking us all to honor the journey of self-discovery and the selves we become in reaching out for connection. This is a marvel of a memoir.

We are over the moon with this beautiful blurb from Steven Leyva, author of Low Parish. You can pick up your copy here. 

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How Independent Presses Are Helping Print Books Make a Comeback

If the printed word is dying, small, independent presses might just be its savior.

What an honor to have Amanda McCormick featured in Baltimore magazine's profile on local independent presses. <3

Check out the article in print or online to read about Dorothy Van Soest, Apprentice House Press, Kevin Atticks, Rob Hiaasen, BrickHouse Books, Black Classic Press, Michael Egan, Clarinda Harris, W. Paul Coates, CityLit Press, Gregg Wilhelm, Press Press, Kimi Hanauer, Gwen Van Velsor, Yellow Arrow Publishing, Mason Jar Press, Ian Anderson, Michelle Juno, Akinoga, Mychael Zulauf, Container, Jenni B. Baker, Douglas Luman, Charles Theonia, Joseph Young.

Want to support Ink Press Productions? Pick up our newest publication, Tyler Mendelsohn's memoir LAUREL, at inkpressproductions.com or attend our next workshop at Charm City Meadworks: Bookmaking with Instinct: a bookbinding workshop on 8/11.

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It's a sequel you want to happen. We're teaming up again with Writers & Words to bring you The Woods III--featuring writer in residence, celeste doaks (who is just about to release a new chapbook!). Applications are open until 9/30, this is not to be missed! https://writersandwords.net/retreat/

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OutWrite Saturday Festival

Thank you to our Co-Sponsor OutWrite’s biggest event is the FESTIVAL! Join us at the Reeves Center on Saturday, August 3 for readings and panels, along with a zine-making table, a used book s…

If you're at OutWrite 2019 today, don't miss Tyler Mendelsohn during Through Code and Cipher, 12pm-1pm.

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Thank you so much to everyone that joined us at the The Undercroft last night to celebrate the launch of Tyler Mendelsohn's memoir, LAUREL. We all grew so much together creating the book, Amanda McCormick's design vision hit another level. Special thanks to the performers: Steph Joyal, Liz Clayton Scofield, Tyler Vile, Michal Roxie Johnson, Mary Adelle, Lynne Price, and Rea Harris. You all brought your incredible spirits. <3

You can still get the book at inkpressproductions.com.

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Every week until It's Not What They Call You: A Launch Party on 8/1 (OMG 2 days!!, RSVP here), we are hosting Esoteric Online Trivia. Answer the question with a comment on the post as you see fit. Answer by Friday at 12pm to be entered to win a copy of Laurel. We will announce online after 12pm each week. Winners will be randomized, so have fun with your answer!

Visit our Facebook page to play.

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August is a big month for Ink Press Productions! On August 11 at 1pm, join Amanda McCormick for another round of Bookmaking with Instinct: a bookbinding workshop at Charm City Meadworks.

Ticket includes all materials and a refreshing glass of mead: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bookmaking-with-instinct-bookbinding-class-tickets-65679929437?fbclid=IwAR3Qlc630B-BfdvVzAoM3YKDbaqfnJvvnxp2B92xVMLCveJ69TNDFXz_rpw

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"As they track down the meaning in the ostensibly meaningless, Tyler is both grave and funny, and frequently both at once. And as the child of two psychoanalysts, Tyler is well aware that a hat is rarely just a hat." Check out the interview between Marion Winik & Tyler Mendelsohn in Baltimore Fishbowl: https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/q-a-with-tyler-mendelsohn-local-author-of-memoir-laurel/

You can order Laurel here: http://ow.ly/nE2V50vaDHy