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Poe A Tree Tees & Tote Bags Back IN STOCK

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Poe A Tree Tees & Tote Bags Back IN STOCK

Just In Time For Summer Our "Fan Favorite" Poe A Tree T-Shirts & Totes are BACK IN STOCK!! 

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These are Tops: "Left Field Cards"–Letterpress Baseball Cards featuring Bizarre Injuries & Edible Ballplayers,

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Spring training is finally here and the Novel-T League players are arriving by horse, donkey, Rolls Royce, Pontiac, Brooklyn Ferry, whatever!  But our excitement of seeing our vets tying on their cleats again and our rookies take the field for the first time is tempered by a certain amount of anxiety as this is the most likely time for players to injure themselves. But ballplayers can be injured off the field as easily as on, and sometimes in very strange ways. Luckily, we were recently introduced to Left Field Cards, a series of letterpress baseball cards split into two sets....

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For the Books - Monster Paintings in the Library

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This past weekend we had the pleasure of meeting Los Angeles-based artist, Monster Kat. We were strolling through the Hollywood Farmers Market when we noticed the wonderful piece of artwork pictured below. Monster Kat paints her creatures on pages from vintage, recycled books. Each monster painting is unique and some even come with a "name" and "character trait." You can visit her site monstertrocity and browse through the current monster paintings in her library.       This project reminds us a bit of one our favorite book/art-object crossovers, Tom Phillips' amazing The Humument.  We suppose we owe The Humument a post...

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Pairing Books and Beer: a Special Guest-Post of Novels 'n' Bottles by Sam Calagione

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Yesterday we posted about sharing a page of New York magazine with Woody Harrelson and Marilyn Monroe, and picturing Vonnegut pulled up to the bar with Woody and Marilyn. So what better topic to write about today than the wonderful kinship of beer and books? We'll start with a poem called "Lines on Ale" by the third baseman for the American Canons, Edgar Allan Poe. "Lines on Ale" Fill with mingled cream and amber     I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber     Through the chamber of my brain - Quaintest thoughts - queerest fancies     Come to life and...

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Kurt Vonnegut T-Shirt: Hanging Out with Woody Harrelson and Marilyn Monroe

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New York magazine has generously (and not unwisely) pointed to Novel-T in this week's Approval Matrix, calling Novel-T's a "great gift for geeks." There's the Kurt Vonnegut #5 jersey, just chilling–where else?–between Woody Harrelson and Marilyn Monroe. It's pretty much the bar scene of our dreams.  And who knows, maybe Kurt and Marilyn are having a drink and a smoke right now in that great dive bar in the sky.   

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