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[here is a list of some of what we’ve learned about care since we started Thick Press in 2017. Click on each phrase to see related content.] 



An Inquiry into Care



the care in cleaning, wiping, carrying, listening, and being tired of listening

the care it takes to understand—because: everybody wants to be understood, but nobody wants to understand

the care in feeling your feelings

the care in validating another

the care you do with your own money, on your own time

the care in welcoming fuzzy conjecture

the care in sharing stories

the care in holding space

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the care that happens because you showed up limber, you showed up relaxed

the care in performing grief rituals, in leaving space for grieving

the care in honoring collective memory

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the care that is “green” because it isn’t rooted in extraction

the care in finding your slice of the work in social justice—and then attending to it

the care in radical hospitality

the care in radical accessibility

the care in gettin’ free across levels of systems and time

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the care and protection that lie beyond critique

the care that’s meant to build power

the care in birthing a new world

the care it takes to grow for the sake of something bigger than us

the care in making beautiful things with others
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Here is a list of all the books and booklets referenced above. 

And here is a list of all planned events.


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Visit our friends at the fair!
3 Hole Press
A Published Event
Co-Conspirator Press
Draw Down books
Gato Negro Ediciones
Homie House Press
Impractical Labor (ILSSA) /
    Alder & Frankia
Nico Fontana
Passenger Pigeon Press
Press Press
The Southland Institute
Temporary Services/Half Letter Press
Ugly Duckling Press
Wendy’s Subway





A page from Stages: On Dying Working and Feeling, by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
A spread from a book, pages 118 and 119. The left hand  page is cut off; all that is visible is a part of a photo of a young Black girl. The right hand page contains this text: 		 	 	 					 When I was in Maine for the wedding, I rented a room from a woman who lived alone. She had a bowlcut and an outdoor bathtub. When I arrived, she insisted on giving me a tour of the town. As we drove past the one-room library she said, I really should read more novels. For the sake of my friendships. 						 I loved this way of thinking about cultural knowledge. Of personal growth. That my insights become your insights. 						 I believe this. That we grow for the sake of something bigger than us.