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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/870098122 Title: Pen & ink : tattoos and the stories behind them Author: Isaac Fitzgerald; Wendy MacNaughton Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2014. ISBN/ISSN: 9781620404904 1620404907 OCLC:870098122

  
  

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Pen & ink : tattoos and the stories behind them

Author:	Isaac Fitzgerald; Wendy MacNaughton
Publisher:	New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2014.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	"Why did you get that tattoo? Every tattoo tells a story, whether the ink is meaningful or the result of a misguided decision made at the age of fourteen, representative of the wearer's true self or the accidental consequence of a bender. These most permanent of body adornments are hidden by pants legs and shirt tails, emblazoned on knuckles, or tucked inside mouths. They are battle scars and beauty marks, totems and mementos. Pen & Ink grants us access to the tattoos of writers Cheryl Strayed, Tao Lin, and Roxane Gay; rockers in the bands Korn, Otep, and Five Finger Death Punch; and even a porn star. But it also illuminates the tattoos of the ordinary people living in our midst--from professors to thrift store salespeople, cafe owners to librarians, union organizers to administrators--and their extraordinary lives. Curated and edited by Isaac Fitzgerald, who sports ten tattoos himself, each story features Wendy MacNaughton's stylish full color illustrations of the tattoos on black-and-white drawings of the bearer's body. At its heart, beneath its colorful skin, Pen & Ink is an exploration of the decision to scar one's self with a symbol and a story"--  Read more...
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Subjects	Tattooing. Tattooing -- Pictorial works. Tattooed people. View all subjects
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