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Sep 16, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    The book that made my dreams come true (opens the original)

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    At this time last year, I was reaching out to designers to bring Open Editions and its inaugural title, Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, to life. Now, Herland is on your bookshelves and in your bags.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S8eX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F

  2. Issue · Sep 3, 2026

    How to join Open Book Club in September (opens the original)

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    Tickets to our September book club meetings reading Open Editions inaugural title, Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, are now live for all subscribers!The first 15 people to get book club tickets will get a complimentary copy of the book. The books are courtesy of the printing company that I used who sent me extra copies in my palette. Shout out.We’re reading…Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FU-N!,f_au

  3. Issue · Aug 28, 2026

    What we're reading in September (opens the original)

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    In July, I announced I’m starting Open Editions, an indie publishing house. In August, we read the same series of books that I read before I decided to start Open Editions. And in September, we finally get to read Open Editions inaugural title…Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rLbA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsu

  4. Issue · Aug 24, 2026

    You’re invited. Find the lost feminist utopia. (opens the original)

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    I’m throwing a party on Wednesday, September 9th to celebrate the publication of Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It’s the inaugural title from Open Editions, the indie publishing house coming out of Open Book Club.Herland is a lost feminist utopia. I first learned of it in the afterword of I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman. There, Sophie Mackintosh proposes that the all-female society in Harpman’s novel is a subversion of the one in Herland by Cha

  5. Issue · Aug 6, 2026

    Some of you figured out the first book Open Editions is publishing... (opens the original)

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    Last night, at the first Open Editions party, I stood up in front of all of you to give a short speech and reveal the first book Open Editions is publishing.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1092" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CtLL!,w_1456,c_

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