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NOTEBOOK PEOPLE: An Interview with Chelsea Smith // Trina O’Gorman

NOTEBOOK PEOPLE: An Interview with Chelsea Smith // Trina O’Gorman

Over the course of my career teaching writing at Montclair State University, I’ve taught hundreds of students. Some of them I never hear from or see again after the semester... Read More
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Cart Blanche: How I Store Analog Supplies // A.C.

Cart Blanche: How I Store Analog Supplies // A.C.

With the new year came the intense desire to organize. Almost as soon as I returned home from the holidays, I wanted to clean up my workspace—not for luck or... Read More
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NOTEBOOK PEOPLE: An Interview with Khristina Westbrook-Fordham // Trina O’Gorman

NOTEBOOK PEOPLE: An Interview with Khristina Westbrook-Fordham // Trina O’Gorman

I met Kristina through Jessica, a mutual friend of ours. Jessica and Khristina have known each other since they were two years old. Their mothers met in their Harlem apartment... Read More
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JIYU Monthly - 2023 Season Finale // A.C.

JIYU Monthly - 2023 Season Finale // A.C.

Let’s wrap up the year with one last look at the JIYU Monthly. In case you missed it, you can see the first half of the year in this previous... Read More
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NOTEBOOK PEOPLE: An Interview with Suzanne Alterman // Trina O’Gorman

NOTEBOOK PEOPLE: An Interview with Suzanne Alterman // Trina O’Gorman

When I was a young girl, I was always writing something in a notebook. The desire to keep a notebook began after I read Harriet the Spy, a children’s book... Read More
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Things Left Unsaid at the Inking Demonstration // A.C.

Things Left Unsaid at the Inking Demonstration // A.C.

I recently took a trip to visit an art school, at the invitation of a friend of mine who is a professor teaching there. He had arranged for me to... Read More
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NOTEBOOK PEOPLE: An Interview with Grainger Wyckoff // Trina O’Gorman

NOTEBOOK PEOPLE: An Interview with Grainger Wyckoff // Trina O’Gorman

When I imagined “The Notebook People Project” over a year ago, I envisioned myself talking to analogue-loving people and that we would be having conversations that would be mostly about... Read More
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Autumn Travel Sketching in a Passport TN // A.C.

Autumn Travel Sketching in a Passport TN // A.C.

While I usually use my Passport TN as a book for collecting quotes and phrases, there was a time when I used it mainly as a sketchbook. At first I... Read More
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NOTEBOOK PEOPLE: An Interview with Paul Ward // Trina O’Gorman

NOTEBOOK PEOPLE: An Interview with Paul Ward // Trina O’Gorman

I’d been talking about it for weeks but had yet to walk up to a complete stranger to ask if they’d like to be interviewed for my Notebook People series.... Read More
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