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Review | The London Magazine
Overall, The Letters Page Vol. 2 is an immaculately presented and edited book. Each world of its letters gives us that much needed breath, that Mavrou cites in the beginning. An oxygen not of the body, but of truth. The writers might give us worded copies of their worlds, but they are clad in electric clarity; commensurate to their talent. By diving into these letters, we can step outside of our fake news, social media and advertising for a beat, and find a gamut of life.
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Review | TLS
The epistolary form is currently enjoying a revival. The Letters Page, a literary journal, has reversed the digital trend, publishing a selection of letters from its previous online issues in a print edition. Freed from the confines of the screen, this project revels in its materiality: the paperback edition is accompanied by printed facsimiles of featured letters, tied with string that resembles the border stripe of an airmail envelope, and contained in a clamshell box of letterbox red.
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Review | The Irish Times
Letter writing may be a dying art, but the imaginative and creative range of this collection shows there’s much life in it yet.
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Review | The Lonesome Reader
There is a relationship formed in writing and reading letters which is so intimate like peering into someone else’s window. As someone who used to love exchanging letters so much, it’s thrilling to see this form being kept alive in such a creative format as The Letters Page.
—Eric Karl Anderson
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Praise for Matchbook Stories
“Beautiful package and even more amazing little tiny stories inside. What a complete delight!” —Aimee Bender
“I've never seen before super short stories treated with such great love and respect.” —Etgar Keret
“One of the most unusual and beautiful literary magazines in the world.” —J. Robert Lennon
“Tiny but breathtaking stories… absolutely adorable… an art object that assures both style and substance.”
—Smokelong Quarterly
“Charming ‘amuse bouche’ that delight with their wit and style, both in content and design.” —Blackwell’s
“I love creative limited editions like this, they really showcase the handmade process and how special it is to own something like this.”
—Design*Sponge
“King concept from Matchbook Stories: ‘The tiniest literary magazine in the world.’” —Coverjunkie
“What a delight they are to read” —The Review Review
“We're kind of obsessed with Matchbook Stories—they're tiny, portable, attention-span friendly and more.” —Sweet
Review | Smokelong Quarterly
Friends in Flash: Matchbook Stories
At first glance, the most striking (pun so intended) aspect of the Matchbook Stories is its unique make-up. Yes, these stories are contained within actual matchbooks, and yes they are absolutely adorable, and yes your friends will squee with delight when they bear witness to such tiny cuteness. But Matchbook Stories isn’t just a gimmick. The stories are equally as compelling as their packaging. Book Ex Machina has created an art object that assures both style and substance.
—Smokelong Quarterly
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Review | The PhotoBook
A haunting story about an abandoned place
In a number of photographs, Tzalavras captures a person moving past a window and intellectually we can read this blurr as his subject that is moving during a long exposure. Nevertheless, this reads of a ghost, spirit or memory that haunts this place, representing the melancholy that encircles this sad monument
—Douglas Stockdale
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