https://monicanolan.com/pulppep An exploration of lesbian pulps and 1950s teen romance Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:48:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 120614702 https://monicanolan.com/pulppep/2012/10/22/fountain-pens/ Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:48:45 +0000 http://monicanolan.jayuen.com/pulppep/?p=274 I write with a fountain pen. An Esterbrook plunger model. Not just because it’s eco, or because Patricia Highsmith favored Esterbrooks, or because I’m a luddite contrarian, although all these things are true. I use it because it feels good in my hand and the ink goes from dark to peacock blue as it dries and because every time I have to refill it–lift it off the page, dip it in the ink bottle, pull the plunger down, release the plunger, lift it out, tap it on the bottle lip–my head fills up with the next bunch of words I’m going to write and so I always feel like … Read more

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