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A Literary Almanac · Est. MMXXV

For the reader.
For the thinker.
For a life in books.

Bit of Ink is a quiet correspondence — essays, book notes, and carefully made stationery for the slow, considered life.

“Read slowly. Live quietly. Keep a notebook near the kettle,and a candle lit for the second cup.”

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