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NOVEMBER 15TH, I START MY 46TH YEAR IN BUSINESS!
TO CELEBRATE MY 45TH ANNIVERSARY, I AM HAVING AN IN STORE SALE EVERY WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER. EVERYTHING WILL BE 25% OFF!!! SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS 11-5. 
Specializing in Stickley, Limbert, Roycroft, van Erp, Grueby, Newcomb, Rookwood,Handel lamps, plein air paintings, woodblocks, and more; fine examples of the American Arts and Crafts movement 1896-1916. NORMAL SHOP HOURS : SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS 11 TO 5 AND BY APPOINTMENT. I AM SETTING UP A STORE ON THE WEBSITE SO THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN OBJECTS POSTED WILL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THOSE ITEMS DIRECTLY THROUGH SQUARE AND PAYPAL! For those outside of the Bay Area or those who cannot come to see things in the shop, if you see things in the "shop highlights" section you would like to purchase, email me with a request and I will also list them in the "shop" section so you can then purchase them on line. Thanks! THE DIRK VAN ERP EXHIBITION IN HOLLAND ENDS OCTOBER 28TH. YOU CAN SEE INFORMATION ABOUT IT IN THE ESSAY SECTION ON THIS SITE.
The founding brick in the lightwell of the old shop on Neuwestaad.
Outside the old shop when van Erp was still apprenticing there.
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A stroll along this Leeuwarden canal leads one toward the historic location of the Van Erp shop.
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YOU CAN PURCHASE MY BOOK, "OUTPOST", DIRECTLY ON THIS WEBSITE. GO TO THE STORE CATEGORY UP ABOVE AND SELECT IT. PAY WITH PAYPAL OR SQUARE!
The event and my reading is about to begin. Such a charming night. I will always remember it with gratitude.
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I could hardly believe how comfortable everyone made me feel. A group of attentive friends. So fortunate to have been given this opportunity to share my innards.
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May 1st my book was released. There was a book signing and a reading of some of the poems and prose last night. A wonderful experience for me. I am normally nervous at things like this where I am expected to get up and speak as though I know something. Last night was the exception. The gathering included friends from the world of Arts and Crafts, friends from my neighborhood, even "kids" I went to high school with, and I couldn't have been more comfortable. Thanks to everyone who came. You made the night which would have been unforgettable regardless, into one I will treasure.
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This last year's working sabbatical produced at least two wonderful things: the Dirk van Erp exhibition which is about to close in van Erp's place of birth, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands and the appearance soon of this oft promised but never completed volume of my writings. It chronicles the last seventy-three years of my life in poems, long and short, and eight prose pieces. They reflect among other things my struggles as a gay man to find and become my full self, a human, being, and at the same time the me, most free. I want to write "the free-est me."
I can't write "freest" no matter how much I try to write it, and while the online dictionaries, proper or slang, all say: It is pronounced as though it were "free-est" but is spelled "freest". Who can see that spelling and not pronounce it as though it rhymed with "priest" or "yeast" or "fleeced"? So I have come up with "me, most free." Let's just say it's a poetic alternative to losing my mind. The English language has no word with three consecutive "e"s.
The wonder of words. nuance, shadings, exactitude and embodiment. And transmission! That what we say registers emotion and understanding in the reader. Magic. So while being an intensely personal saga, I hope this collection may contain something universal as well in which readers may find some beauty and meaning.
Netty, Jerry, Stephanie, Billy, Alan, J.B., Danny, Leander, Rodney, Gene, Harvey, Gwen, Phil, Victor, Elizabeth, Caro, Annie, Paul and many others: This is for you.
Like this it is it like this. I hope you enjoy walking with me for a moment or two.
You can purchase my book directly from me on this website:
$24 plus $6 mailer and media shipping anywhere in the continental U.S. Order in my store and pay through Paypal or Square!
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This last year's working sabbatical produced at least two wonderful things: the Dirk van Erp exhibition which is about to close in van Erp's place of birth, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands and the appearance soon of this oft promised but never completed volume of my writings. It chronicles the last seventy-three years of my life in poems, long and short, and eight prose pieces. They reflect among other things my struggles as a gay man to find and become my full self, a human, being, and at the same time the me, most free. I want to write "the free-est me."
I can't write "freest" no matter how much I try to write it, and while the online dictionaries, proper or slang, all say: It is pronounced as though it were "free-est" but is spelled "freest". Who can see that spelling and not pronounce it as though it rhymed with "priest" or "yeast" or "fleeced"? So I have come up with "me, most free." Let's just say it's a poetic alternative to losing my mind. The English language has no word with three consecutive "e"s.
The wonder of words. nuance, shadings, exactitude and embodiment. And transmission! That what we say registers emotion and understanding in the reader. Magic. So while being an intensely personal saga, I hope this collection may contain something universal as well in which readers may find some beauty and meaning.
Netty, Jerry, Stephanie, Billy, Alan, J.B., Danny, Leander, Rodney, Gene, Harvey, Gwen, Phil, Victor, Elizabeth, Caro, Annie, Paul and many others: This is for you.
Like this it is it like this. I hope you enjoy walking with me for a moment or two.
You can purchase my book directly from me on this website:
$24 plus $6 mailer and media shipping anywhere in the continental U.S. Order in my store and pay through Paypal or Square!
Isak Lindenauer
4143 19th Street
San Francisco, California
94114
415 552-6436 email: isaklindenauer@gmail.com
If you'd like to be on a list to receive updates
about new inventory and special shop events, or if
you have particular "wants" to fill out your home, business,
or specific collection, please use the contact form on this
site and send me an email with your email address and
any other pertinent information.
Copyright © 2014-2021 Isak Lindenauer
4143 19th Street
San Francisco, California
94114
415 552-6436 email: isaklindenauer@gmail.com
If you'd like to be on a list to receive updates
about new inventory and special shop events, or if
you have particular "wants" to fill out your home, business,
or specific collection, please use the contact form on this
site and send me an email with your email address and
any other pertinent information.
Copyright © 2014-2021 Isak Lindenauer