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Postcards from Irving 7 OUT MONDAY

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[in best Avon Barksdale voice] “Surpriiise!”

Volume 7 of Postcards from Irving is out Monday 3/11.

The contents include
All Towns Small but Interesting: Port Huron, MI
Venue Stories: The Hawaiian Room at the Lexington Hotel, NYC
The Ben Irving Songbook: “Post Office Complaint”
Plus a bonus, spirited rant inspired by finally reading James Howard Kunstler’s The Geography of Nowhere (1994).

If you would like a copy, some copies for your distro, or would like to subscribe (The 2024 run – Volumes #7-10 for $12 shipped) please reach out via the Instagram page. You can also mail $4 of well-concealed cash to Box 1309, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48804 and receive Volume 7 in the mail with a personal note. Just don’t forget to include your mailing address.

Postcards from Irving 6 OUT NOW

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Volume 6 of Postcards from Irving (12 pages, color + b/w) is out now, and has been for the past week or so. Sorry – the holidays and end of the semester have slowed down the printing/mailing process, but the new issue has been sent out to most of the subscribers, and new one-issue purchasers out there should be receiving it by this weekend.

If you would like one, or to subscribe (a $10 donation gets you four issues, beginning with whichever one you’d prefer), please reach out at Box 1309, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48804, via tyler at sonicgeography dot com or via the Instagram page.

I’m hoping to get around to a 2023 wrap post or two, but in case we don’t speak before then, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

‘Postcards from Irving’ Volume 2 Out Today

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After a slight delay, the second issue of Postcards from Irving is now ready for printing and headed this week to a mailbox near you (ideally yours).

The masthead and table of contents are above. Ignore that zip code typo; it should read 48804, which it will on the actual zines. This volume is introducing a new format: a proper booklet style that still fits snugly in letter-sized envelopes. I hope you enjoy it!

There are a few visual pieces that I may crack and wind up sharing digitally. I posted the Iron River postcard in question (as well as a repeat-photo I took there in August 2021) on the Instagram page, so I’ll post it here too for resolution’s sake.

Enjoy this free preview, and if you haven’t already subscribed or donated to the cause, DO SO RIGHT HERE.

Iron River, MI (1939 Postcard vs. August 7, 2021)