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Abigail Oswald

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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
wrote about two of my favorite people for this month's Microfascination: Fred Rogers & LeVar Burton ☺️ abigailoswald.substack.com/p/fred-and-l...
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Fred & LeVar
Notes on PBS and the field trip as a way of life
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Annie Dillard on rediscovering the miraculous in the mundane
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The Miraculous in the Mundane: Annie Dillard on Reclaiming Our Capacity for Joy and Wonder
“The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside from a generous hand.”
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Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yayoi Kusama She made the heavens swirl.
Yayoi Kusama

She made the heavens swirl. Yayoi Kusama

She made the heavens swirl. Yayoi Kusama

She made the heavens swirl. Yayoi Kusama

She made the heavens swirl.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.
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d h @deeholloway.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
put a few in my library's free zine box!
a hand holding the Ellen Arnstein mini zine in front of a box of other minis.
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
before the artist Ellen Arnstein left this world, she recorded a final message to share with those who remain. I put those words in a zine as a way to remember her. my plan is to leave a trail of Ellen's words everywhere I go ❤️ print one and pass it on! abigailoswald.itch.io/ellen-arnste...
a zine called "Ellen Arnstein's Rules for the Future" sits on a table in front of a plant
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"If maximizing profit through peddling easy reads is where we are now, what might responsible publishing look like?" Mesha Maren on the reissue trend in publishing: lareviewofbooks.org/article/mesha-m…
the British Library stacks
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CineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Aug 10th 1988 - Zero Cool was in the New York Times for crashing 1,507 computer systems. 📽️📅 Hackers (1995)
3 Screenshots from the movie "Hackers" (1995): First, a young man in a sleeveless shirt sits in a cluttered room, saying "I've got a record. I was Zero Cool." Second, a group of friends gather around a table, one explaining "Zero Cool crashed 1,507 systems in one day. Biggest crash in history." Third, the same group listens as another person adds, "Front page New York Times, August 10, 1988."
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
k y'all, gonna be doubling down on art because it truly feels like the only path forward! gonna use this space to yell as loud as I can about the books and films and art that bring me joy! if that sounds good to you then you're invited! let's do this!
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
went down a manifesto rabbit hole this month, featuring Guerrilla Girls, The Museum of Everyday Life, Jerry Maguire, Werner Herzog, a fill-in-the-blank manifesto, and a whole lot more! abigailoswald.substack.com/p/the-month-...
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The Month of Manifestos
31 ideas, arguments, inspirations, questions, resources, and assorted rabbit holes
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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 30/07/2026
August people, have you ever considered that lemons might make you invisible to security cameras? 🍋
A picture of a small girl looking through a colorful magnifying glass. Text reads: Your next Wikipedia rabbit hole according to your birth month.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NYRB should do their own version of the Criterion Closet for their book publishing arm imo
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Your life is art. If your life is art, then everything is a medium. If your life is art, then everyone is your audience. If your life is art, there is no culmination; there is only accumulation. The project is your life. The process is the point. abigailoswald.itch.io/the-project-...
a zine called "the project is your life" rests on a ledge against a brick wall
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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
For a story: Did you participate in Pizza Hut's BOOK-IT! program? I'd love to talk to you about it for a story on the program being back this summer. If your child is participating in BOOK IT! this year, I'd love to speak with you, too. DMs open, rainesford.alexandra@gmail.com, Signal rstauff.20
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
okay y'all I really do try to avoid complaining social media these days but the current state of physical media hurts my heart; how many Emmys does The Bear have to win to get a DVD release? fingers crossed for a box set now that the final season's out! (please, Hulu, hear my digital prayer)
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allison / collage, zines, mail art @allisonanne.com · 10/07/2026
what a dream to yap about my very favorite things with MPR News - mail art, collage, zines and community! 📬 huge kudos and gratitude to @gretchenbrown.bsky.social, who put together such a fantastic piece out of a much longer conversation, and was so wonderful to talk with 💌
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In age of AI, 'mail art' has special meaning for some Minnesota artists
As AI makes it easier to generate art with a click, a small but growing community of artists choosing a slower way to connect: the U.S. mail.
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maybe: annie rauwerda @annierau.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
i wish everything looked like 1980s computer magazines
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Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The DREAMY Summer ‘26 Edit is here to bless your feed with micro-surrealism, fearless self-portraiture, a faith-based guide to your copy machine, and everything we’re bringing to the cottage. Link in bio to read the entire issue now!
Zine machine
The summer ‘26 edit
Jo Roth
Liz Ramson
Isa
Margaret Starrett
Monica Louzon
Angie Berkley 
Maggie Slater
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
happy International Zine Month, y'all! I've got pocket viewfinders, tiny adventures to have in libraries + art museums, how-tos on bibliomancy + approaching life like a mystery that only you can solve—check 'em out!
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
felt inspired by @austinkleon.bsky.social's concept of "artistic genealogy" and ended up going down a John Cage rabbit hole this month! abigailoswald.substack.com/p/chains-of-...
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Chains of Inspiration
Who inspired the creators who inspire you?
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 23/06/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 23/06/2026
Prime Day who? Sorry, I'm too busy supporting my independent bookshop 😍⁠ Through the 26th, take 35% off all sale audiobooks (yep) with code BIGIMPACT at checkout. Every purchase benefits your indie bookshop of choice. Thanks for supporting them today and every day 💗
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Julianne Benford @juliannebenford.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This sounds so fun!
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
made a zine for curious people who like to play detective in everyday life! CLUE LOG pulls inspiration from John Cage, Emily Dickinson, Journey, Carl Jung, Scrabble, various books about creativity, and more 🔎 a submission to my first-ever @itch.io zine jam! abigailoswald.itch.io/clue-log
a zine called CLUE LOG rests before a row of yellow Nancy Drew books; its back cover reads: "THE DETECTIVE'S GLOSSARY: DISCOVER OBSERVE DOCUMENT MAGNIFY INVESTIGATE QUESTION CONNECT ARCHIVE"
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
our new Lost/Found imprint acquisition is official! I'm SO excited for y'all to read + rediscover @jamesrgapinski.bsky.social's EDGE OF THE KNOWN BUS LINE! reading this eerie + surreal story of survival made me feel a little stronger + more stubborn in my own life; I hope it does the same for you 📚
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
excited to share my zine, FOLLOW THE CLUES, as part of @creativemornings.bsky.social Release Day, a collective deadline shared by a community of creatives worldwide! FOLLOW THE CLUES is a tool for honing curiosity + building a personal practice in noticing 🔎 abigailoswald.itch.io/follow-the-c...
three zines titled FOLLOW THE CLUES form a mysterious line leading deeper into a green forest
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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Yesterday's excellent galley mail Notes on Postcards by Jennifer Croft! The interior will be in color and features postcards with short notes. Out in November from @catapultbooks.bsky.social.
A galley of Notes on Postcards a memoir by Jennifer Croft. The cover is a collage of postcards and the book is displayed on a collection of my postcards.
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
just added some fun stuff to my recommendations collection on @itch.io, including a meditation on deep reading, a found poetry game, a zine that inspired me while creating my own zines last year, and a catch-a-poem game! itch.io/c/6615942/re...
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Recommendations - Collection by abigail oswald
A collection by abigail oswald
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 13/05/2026
🧵 The literary canon is shaped as much by chance as by merit. Brad Bigelow (@neglectedbooks.com) explains why forgotten books deserve to be found & preserved. 📚 Read Bigelow's essay & more in VANISHING CULTURE from the #InternetArchive 🔗 archive.org/details/vani...
Orange graphic quoting Brad Bigelow, Author and Editor, for the Vanishing Culture series. Headline: "Why remember forgotten books?" with the quote "One must look beyond literature's well-traveled paths and discover the riches to be found in the vast landscape of forgotten books."
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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 13/05/2026
"There’s a lyrical, almost musical side to cinema that speaks very profoundly to each of us. That’s why we can see the same movie, and you hate it and I love it. It’s the same movie, it’s our soul that is different." - Guillermo del Toro
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Death is the Curator: An Interview with Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro is perhaps best known as a builder of worlds—his films grow from the sketchbooks that he fills with ideas for fantastical creatures and places.
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
a communal creative deadline is such a fun idea! just committed to releasing a creative project on May 29 along w/ a bunch of other folks worldwide + thought to share here too if anyone needs a little accountability + community this month 😊 I'll be working on a zine! creativemornings.com/releaseday
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Release Day | CreativeMornings ✕ Creative Quests ✕ Adobe
CreativeMornings is a breakfast lecture series for the creative community. Join us at one of our free monthly events around the world or watch the talks online!
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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 06/05/2026
Art by Tony Stella
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I'll never run out of good things to say about Elizabethtown ❤️ abigailoswald.substack.com/p/revisiting...
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Revisiting Elizabethtown
On Cameron Crowe, failure, and loving imperfect things
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CineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
May 1st 1994 - After getting dumped by May, He Qiwu buys a tin of pineapple with an expiration date of 1 May for a whole month, because May enjoyed pineapples. 📽️📅 Chungking Express (1994)
2 Screenshots from the movie "Chungking Express" (1994): First, a man in a tan jacket stands at the counter of a brightly lit convenience store filled with snacks and drinks, with the subtitle "Every day I buy a can of pineapple with a sell-by date of May 1." Second, a close-up of the top of a pineapple can held in someone's hand, showing the stamped date "1 MAY 1994".
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
hello world! I've been a bit quieter here lately, but wanted to share this piece I wrote about Ellen Arnstein, a really wonderful artist/poet/human being who changed my life in the brief time that I knew her... (1/4) abigailoswald.itch.io/begin-at-the...
Ellen's artwork on a blue background: a tiny box that reads "Ellen's Pack o' Petite Portraits!" with hand-drawn images on little notecards spilling out around it
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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 20/04/2026
Our Indie Bookshop Appreciation Sale starts...NOW! Stock up on audiobooks, save $$, and feel good knowing that every audiobook you buy directly supports your indie bookshop ⏬ Also - share pics of your cart/what you grab in the thread! We love seeing what you're excited about!
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Austin Kleon @austinkleon.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I made a batch of posters, zines, and a mixtape for people who pre-order DON’T CALL IT ART austinkleon.com/2026/04/10/p...
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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 10/04/2026
So... this takes a whole lot longer to climb out of than you might imagine. We've managed to keep things going for the time being—thanks to so many of you!—but we're definitely not out of the woods yet. Every subscription helps! Less than $2.50/month! www.brightwalldarkroom.com/subscribe/
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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 09/04/2026
I agree 100% with Maris here, I don’t feel a personal connection to many imprints but I really believed in what Sean and his team were doing at MCD and this feels like a repudiation of a lot of the parts of publishing I care about
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 08/04/2026
🎶 The #PublicSongProject is back for 2026! WNYC invites everyone to create songs inspired by the #publicdomain. Remix, reinterpret, or reimagine & be heard on @wnyc.org & the #InternetArchive. 📅 Submit by May 10 📝 Submission form, rules & more info ⤵️ www.wnyc.org/story/2026-p... #publicradio
Flier for the WNYC Public Song Project with a QR code.
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Calling all Minnesota-based writers! We're creating a chapbook of art and writing in response to the illegal ICE occupation of our state. Send us your poems, stories and essays under 400 words — by April 30. Submit & more info: bit.ly/MN-pride-zine
What we want:

GENRE: FICTION, PROSE POETRY & CREATIVE NONFICTION
THEME: RESILIENCE, STRENGTH, JOY, GRIEF, AND HEALING IN RESPONSE TO THE MN ICE OCCUPATION
WORD LIMIT: UP TO 400 WORDS, MAX
DEADLINE: APRIL 30
PAYMENT: $50 PER PIECE + 2 COPIES OF THE CHAPBOOK
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Slow Art Day is coming up this Saturday, April 11! I made a zine to guide you on an adventure at any art museum 💕 abigailoswald.itch.io/begin-at-the...
a zine resting on a bench in an art museum
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
"When it feels like the world is falling apart, Jennifer Coolidge, I have my movies." Contributor @abigailoswald.bsky.social’s latest Viewfinder column for Bright Wall/Dark Room explores one of her favorite comedies in epistolary form! 🤩 Check it out: 🤩 buff.ly/dDeRYXY
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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 31/03/2026
Happy Publication Day to the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee, @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social, and the long awaited, never duplicated HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY!!! www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
cover of March Xness Anthology, a yellow book with a cassette tape on the cover
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
wrote about Tom Noonan (RIP) and Early Edition, a favorite '90s TV show about a guy who gets tomorrow's newspaper today abigailoswald.substack.com/p/the-future...
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The Future News
What if you knew, beyond a doubt, what was gonna happen tomorrow?
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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
if you find more fountain pens in video games that i missed, send them and i will paint them too ❤️
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Martin Seay @martinseay.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I'm really digging @abigailoswald.bsky.social's interactive @marchxness.bsky.social essay on the litany of PJ’s "Wishlist" & the emotional terrain of wishes: "In wishing, we recognize the flimsiness of the present. In art we do this, too."
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Essays — March Sadness 90s Edition
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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 25/03/2026
On this day 25 years ago, Cameron Crowe won the Best Original Screenplay for Almost Famous. Today, he reads your Letterboxd reviews for the film 👀 Watch the full video: boxd.it/fF4
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Brianna Ashby @briannaduggan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
25 prints of The King of Monsters are now available for pre-order in the shop! (If those 25 sell out, I'll bump that up, otherwise, when you're leading your guests through a tour of your art collection, pipe in hand, you can tell them it's *limited edition*.) www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products...
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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I talked to Julia Ringo and Naomi Huffman of the very cool small press HAGFISH that focuses on literary resurrections of underread women authors. countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
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Interview: How Naomi Huffman and Julia Ringo Run Hagfish
The editors and co-publishers on literary resurrections, running a hybrid press, and being “nimble and imaginative” as a small publisher.
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