Archive - The Thumb Tack

Haunting As Motivation For Storytelling

research, public programming and hot takes

Jul 6 •

June 2025

They came because they had no place to go...

Provincetown Massachusetts

Jun 15 •

May 2025

Every year in the summertime, dad sits down and writes a rhyme

Cazedero Music Camp and the rediscovered photos of Carol Baldwin

May 4 •

March 2025

PARANOIA? Wait until you see the ceiling!

A shallow dive into the Village Voice Bulletin Boards of the 1960s and the First International Psychedelic Exposition.

Mar 22 •

February 2025

More and more Alice,

but less and less Wonderland.

Feb 3 •

January 2025

May I never lose that terror

that keeps me brave.

Jan 23 •

December 2024

Tansy Cakes, Fiddleheads and Searocket Sandwiches

The books of Catherine Derevitzky

Dec 23, 2024 •

a short list of small press recommendations

Dec 4, 2024 •

November 2024

We cannot afford to do our enemies' work

by destroying each other

Nov 19, 2024 •

Because there was no time, There was time for anything.

Cabin on the Island by Marte Harter

Nov 3, 2024 •

October 2024

As Ever, Miriam

My new book is now officially available!

Oct 9, 2024 •

September 2024

You will have a better end than beginning

Things a Thing-Finder thinks

Sep 22, 2024 •

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