Pen & ink : tattoos and the stories behind them
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MacNaughton, Wendy, author.
Strayed, Cheryl, 1968- writer of introduction.
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Adult Nonfiction - South Wing Top Floor
391.65 F5764
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x, 133 pages : illusrations ; 22 cm
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English

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"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"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Fitzgerald, I., MacNaughton, W., & Strayed, C. (2014). Pen & ink: tattoos and the stories behind them . Bloomsbury USA.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fitzgerald, Isaac, Wendy, MacNaughton and Cheryl Strayed. 2014. Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them. Bloomsbury USA.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fitzgerald, Isaac, Wendy, MacNaughton and Cheryl Strayed. Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them Bloomsbury USA, 2014.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Fitzgerald, Isaac, Wendy MacNaughton, and Cheryl Strayed. Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them Bloomsbury USA, 2014.

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