Requiem for a Paper Bag: Celebrities and Civilians Tell Stories of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Found Items from Around the World
By Davy Rothbart
Over the years we've been able to share thousands of our favorite finds; now, we get to share some of our favorite stories about finding! When we asked our favorite writers, musicians, artists, and entertainers to share stories with us of their most memorable finds, we had no idea we'd be flooded with so many strange, profound, and hilarious tales. The new FOUND book, Requiem for a Paper Bag, contains 67 short pieces from an amazing clutch of contributors, including Chuck D, Sarah Vowell, Andy Samberg, Susan Orlean, Patton Oswalt, PostSecret's Frank Warren, Tom Robbins, Dave Eggers, Miranda July, Jonathan Lethem, Chuck Klosterman, David Simon (The Wire), Jenji Kohan (Weeds), Katherine Dunn, Jim Carroll, Jesse Thorn (The Sound of Young America), Andrew Bird, Kori Gardner (Mates of State), Mike Schank (American Movie), Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Steve Almond, Paulo Coelho, Billy Bragg, Kimya Dawson, Damian Kulash (OK Go), Devendra Banhart, and dozens of other fantastic folks.
FOUND Magazine 6
$5 plus s+h
(December 2008, 96 pages)
In My Life. FOUND 6 features stories of birth, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle age, old age and death. Love stories and hate stories, stories of leaving jobs, friends, and family behind, and making new connections. Folks struggle to keep their homes in the midst of a mortgage crisis; others dream of rock stardom. One guy faces his deepest fears, while another simply longs to have his old face back. Valentines and wedding proposals; a search for a science friend and a search for a dead cat that's gone missing. Plus, our friends Miranda July and Daniel Clowes share favorites from their own lifelong collections of finds. Be the first one on your block to hold the new issue in your hands!
We're the motley crew of eagle-eyed paper-picker-uppers responsible for FOUND Magazine, FOUND Books I and II, the FOUND Polaroids book, FOUND's smutty sister mag DIRTY FOUND, and various other sundries guaranteed to make you titter, chortle, snigger, and/or guffaw.
We collect found stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework, to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, doodles -- anything that gives a glimpse into someone else's life. Anything goes.
We certainly didn't invent the idea of found stuff being cool. Every time we visit our friends in other towns, someone's always got some kind of unbelievable discovered note or photo on their fridge. We decided to make a bunch of projects so that everyone can check out all the strange, hilarious and heartbreaking things people have picked up and passed our way.
...All sorts of FOUND linkage below, yo...
Mos def visit the FOUND and DIRTY FOUND websites.
Peep the latest FOUND news.
Get nasty with DIRTY FOUND on myspace.
Submit your finds.
Pick up a copy of FOUND and DIRTY FOUND.
Check out the FOUND book, Davy's collection of stories The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas, and Jason Bitner's photo book LaPorte, Indiana.
Get sexier with FOUND t-shirts, buttons, stickers, The Booty Don't Stop CD, and the FOUND 7" record (on white vinyl!).
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