W. David Marx — The Culture of Fashion in Japan
On Margins
W. David Marx and I talk about his book Ametora, Japanese culture, and books in translation.
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Sam Anderson (Part 2)
On Margins
Sam Anderson is back, 10 months later, discussing his 2020 pandemic writing life. We cover his Weird Al essay, his NBA bubble excursion, how closely observing something makes for a wonderful writing exercise, and! we reveal our extremely obvious One Wild Trick to getting everything done in life.
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Sam Anderson (Part 1/2)
On Margins
Sam Anderson is a New York Times Magazine staff writer and the author of Boom Town, a book about the "great minor city of America" — Oklahoma City. This is part one of a two part interview. We recorded this conversation in March, 2020, just as the first lockdown of the pandemic had gone into effect.
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Gray318 (Jon Gray)
On Margins
An extended interview with Jon Gray, aka Gray318, the award winning, London based, book designer. Gray318 has designed covers for William Gibson, Zadie Smith, Salman Rushdie, David Foster Wallace, Robin Sloan, and perhaps most famously, for Jonathan Safran Foer.
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Lynne Tillman and What She Would Do
On Margins
An interview with novelist, essayist, and cultural critic, Lynne Tillman.
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Jessica Hische, Tomorrow I'll Be Brave
On Margins
In this episode we're talking with designer and letterer, Jessica Hische, author of the New York Times best-selling children's book: Tomorrow I'll Be Brave.
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Lisa Brennan-Jobs, the designing and writing of Small Fry
On Margins
An interview with Lisa Brennan-Jobs, author of the best selling memior, Small Fry. Lisa and Craig Mod discuss the design, production, and writing of this fascinating book about family, identity, and growing up in Palo Alto as the daughter of Steve Jobs.
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A walk in the woods with Craig Mod discussing his book Koya Bound
On Margins
Craig Mod has been walking the historical mountains and paths of Japan for the last five years. In April of 2018 he went on a solo Kumano Kodo walk and made this recording discussing the economics and production of his 2016 book, Koya Bound: Eight days on the Kumano Kodo. The book was made in collaboration with Dan Rubin and was sponsored by Leica Cameras.
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Jason Kottke and Twenty Years of kottke.org
On Margins
Kottke.org is a website. It is not an app. It is not a product. It is simply a static website, updated daily, running some rickety old blogging software.
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Elena Favilli, the making of Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls
On Margins
Co-founder of Timbuktu Labs, Elena Favilli, delves into how the company went from an award winning but ultimately unprofitable children's magazine app company, to an international bestselling publisher of physical books around the world.
info_outlineDesigner and author Frank Chimero discusses the process behind his book, "The Shape of Design." We also dig into the normalization of paying creative people to make things via crowdfunding or patronage platforms, and why there's never been a better time to make books.
Show Links:
- frankchimero.com
- Shape of Design online
- Shape of Design Kickstarter
- Kevin Kelly's 1,000 true fans
- Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls, Kickstarter
- Robin Sloan Writes a Book, Kickstarter
- The Field Study Handbook Kickstarter
- Art Space Tokyo
- Kickstartup: Successful fundraising with Kickstarter and remaking Art Space Tokyo
Full transcript and audio online at: https://craigmod.com/onmargins/002/