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Something to Look Forward to (2023)

Something to Look Forward to (2023)

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Info for Institutional Collections

If you are ordering for your institutional library outside of California, our website should allow you to checkout without tax. If you are ordering from within California, please reach out to us: studio[at]forthebirdstrappedinairports.com, and we will provide you with a tax-free invoice for your order. Thank you for this accommodation.

Caring for Books

Books made by hand are generally going to be more resilient than books made by machine, but in either case: the nicer you are to them, the longer they'll last in the condition you bought them in.

Depending on your location, the moisture of that environment may cause slight curling in the board and papers. If so, the materials are adjusting to your environment, and if you left the journal under weight in that environment for 24-48 hours, that issue should resolve itself. This acclimation process is something many libraries conduct when getting new books for their shelves.

Did you scuff or mark your book cover? Don't put soap or water on it! Get a rubber cement pick up and gently rub the mark off of the area. You may not be able to get all of it, but, most of the time, it gets the job done!

Shipping & Returns

SHIPPING

We take great care in the packing of our orders and offer UPS and USPS shipping options. UPS will usually go out in 1-2 days. USPS orders will go out the next Friday.

HANDMADE ITEMS

If extreme circumstances cause the order to be damaged along its way to you, we can offer a discount for the inconvenience, but we are often unable to offer total refunds or replacements due to the handmade nature of our products.

Something to look forward to is a 6-issue zine subscription collaboration between Sixty Inches From Center and publisher For the Birds Trapped in Airports. 

Something to Look Forward to was first created in 2021 for lovers of artist books and zines, as our way to send gifts to the mailboxes of you and yours during cold winter months. These gifts are for everyone, so we're offering subscriptions at a sliding scale with multiple options–so you can support Sixty at whatever level you can. Get one for someone you love, then be sure to subscribe for yourself. 

In this year's iteration, Sixty's editors offer an anthology that includes interviews, poems, prose, images, testimonials, experimental writings, and open letters on land + ecology, art + horror, liberation + care, Midwest life + aesthetics, and more. Through a selection of articles from the past seven years, each issue revisits beloved and memorable conversations of the recent past and connects them to conversations being had today.

The project features Sixty writers, photographers, and illustrators, as well as artists across our communities, with contributions from Carris Adams, Emily Breidenbach, Amanda Dee, Ally Fouts, Morgan Green, Ryan Griffis, Jessica Hammie, Kyra Horton, Imani Joseph, carrie kaufman, Kristie Khans, Analú M. López, Abena Motaboli, Hương Ngo, Rise, Amina Ross, Chaz Shermil Hodges, Tesh Silver, Maya Simkin, Livy Snyder, Persephone Van Ort, and more.

The series is co-edited by Chenoa Baker, Ireashia M. Bennett, Tempestt Hazel, Nadia John, S. Nicole Lane, Annette LePique, Christina Nafziger, and Riley Yaxley. The writing and photography of the project editors are also included in some issues.

 




This year's Something to Look Forward to subscription period is now over. All issues have been mailed to those who ordered. 
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    Please note the estimated production time for pre-orders and products that are made to order will always be noted in the product description. Things may be delayed at times, often caused by paper shortages or potential harms in rushing handmade labor. We assure you that your order will make it to you. Thank you for your patience.

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