Today is the “premiere” of “The Craft of ‘Kissa by Kissa’” — a short doc I made showcasing a bit of the craftspersonship and production behind Kissa by Kissa.
The doc is premiering (and will continue to be viewable) on YouTube right now (as of Thurs, Oct. 21, 11pm JST). You can check it out here:
I’m also running a little post-premiere livestream Q&A over here from 11:10pm JST (so, ten minutes after the premiere). Go check out the doc and then feel free to hop in with questions if you have any. Normally I keep these Q&As to SPECIAL PROJECTS members only, but I’ve been doing so many members only streams these past few months, I thought I’d open this one up to non-member newsletter folks, too. I’ll hang around for an hour or so in that livestream channel.
Many thanks for your continued support on this book. Looking forward to digging into the writing, editing, and production of Book Two, ASAP (which, BTW, I’m writing a members-only diary about).
More soon,
C
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Craig Mod is a writer and photographer based in Japan. He's the author of the books Things Become Other Things and Kissa by Kissa and is a MacDowell, Ragdale, and VCCA writing fellow. His essays and articles have appeared in The New York Times, Eater, The Atlantic, California Sunday Magazine, Wired, Aeon, New Scientist, Virginia Quarterly Review, The New Yorker, The Morning News, Codex: Journal of Typography, and elsewhere.
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