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Fourteen issues, newest first

Eighty-four pieces since July 2023, by year and month. Nothing has been taken down; corrections are dated on the page.

2026 24 pieces in 4 issues

October · No. 14, The second draft

  1. Why we gave an issue to the second draft

    From the editor · Meg Ostrander

  2. The second draft is where the writing starts

    Essays · Iris Calder

  3. Maintenance is a craft, not a chore

    Essays · Ezra Lindqvist

  4. What a bread starter knows about deadlines

    Essays · Hana Sato-Whitley

  5. A furniture maker on the joint nobody sees

    Interviews · Ben Okoro

  6. Twelve rules for a shared style sheet

    Notebook · Wren Mallory

July · No. 13, Notebooks

  1. What we keep in our notebooks

    From the editor · Meg Ostrander

  2. Keeping every draft

    Essays · Iris Calder

  3. The notebook as a second memory

    Essays · Hana Sato-Whitley

  4. A sign painter on lettering a word once

    Interviews · Ben Okoro

  5. Notes on keeping a work log for a year

    Notebook · Priya Raman

  6. The case for a slower pencil

    Notebook · Wren Mallory

April · No. 12, Teachers

  1. The teacher you remember

    From the editor · Meg Ostrander

  2. What apprentices learn by watching

    Essays · Ezra Lindqvist

  3. Teaching the thing you can't explain

    Essays · Iris Calder

  4. A piano tuner's year in 1,100 visits

    Interviews · Ben Okoro

  5. How a choir director runs a rehearsal

    Interviews · Tomas Reyes-Hale

  6. One page for a new hire

    Notebook · Wren Mallory

January · No. 11, Quiet hours

  1. The hour before anyone else is up

    From the editor · Meg Ostrander

  2. In praise of the closed door

    Essays · Hana Sato-Whitley

  3. What a lighthouse keeper did all night

    Essays · Ezra Lindqvist

  4. A night baker on working while the city sleeps

    Interviews · Ben Okoro

  5. Three rules for a quiet morning

    Notebook · Priya Raman

  6. The fifteen-minute rule

    Notebook · Wren Mallory

2025 24 pieces in 4 issues

Issues

  1. No. 10: The long middle

    6 pieces

  2. No. 9: Tools that last

    6 pieces

  3. No. 8: Deadlines

    6 pieces

  4. No. 7: Repair

    6 pieces

2024 24 pieces in 4 issues

Issues

  1. No. 6: Hands

    6 pieces

  2. No. 5: Practice

    6 pieces

  3. No. 4: Small rooms

    6 pieces

  4. No. 3: Apprentices

    6 pieces

2023 12 pieces in 2 issues

Issues

  1. No. 2: The workbench

    6 pieces Sold out in print

  2. No. 1: First principles

    6 pieces Sold out in print

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