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workplace etiquette 
For a magazine piece on workplace etiquette.
 
posters! of animals! playing sports! 
My Kickstarter project.
 
random penguin 
During chatter about the Random House / Penguin merger, I played around with collage animation.
 
piggies 
 
splashdance 
From a story I wrote.
 
what are the chances? 
I was waiting for the bus at Bartel-Pritchard Square-that-is-really-a-circle, when I saw her. Again. In this city of eight million people, I encounter a...
 
bird, dog 
(Open Corner #4) This is Tilly. She is the sweetest,* most beautiful, most wonderful dog in Ditmas Park or maybe the whole world. *except to other dogs...
 
through the courtesy of the electric company 
(Open Corner #3) My friend Noa is having trouble with her electricity bill, which comes to nearly $200 a month. She lives on the first floor of a...
 
junk junkie 
(Open Corner #2) I love yard sales. And thrift shops. And free boxes, and swaps, and Dumpsters. (But not “vintage stores,” which are for amateurs.) Blame...
 
ditmas parking 
(Open Corner #1) There’s a light at the end of my street. My boyfriend says it reminds him of a lighthouse: “When I see it, I know I’m almost in port.”...
 
lauren takes leave 
Spots for a book cover.
 
shoes 
 
my oldest piece of clothing 
I have a personalized swim team t-shirt that I got when I was 12. My parents, wanting to economize, got one that my brothers and I could all share, so instead...
 
bessie 
Bessie is a girl with a third hand. The typeface is my own, based on cut paper glyphs.
 
silkscreen 
 
hats 
 
more animals 
 
musicians 
I used to bring my sketchbook to shows. Musicians are the greatest to draw, because they stay in one place and expect you to stare at them.
 
a curious event at the natural history station 
This story was a quick exercise based on the following photo by Stanley Kubrick. By the time I'd completed the exercise, the original image–a drawing of the...
 
jeans 
 
handmade type