Naturally, they have strong opinions on notebooks
Photo: Courtesy HBO Writers aren’t as easy to shop for as you may think. Yes, you can always buy them a book, but what if they already have it? Pens are a nice thought too, but as we’ve learned, folks can be very particular about a tool they might be holding all day.
$18 at Baron Fig Buy Delfonics Rollbahn Spiral Notebook $12 For a slightly less expensive notebook, New York Magazine writer Hunter Harris swears by this Rollbahn spiral notebook, which took eighth place in our test of 100 notebooks and is also a favorite of writer Jia Tolentino, who previously told us it’s very important to her process.
$89 at Amazon Buy $89 at Amazon Buy Sony Standard Cassette Voice Recorder If your writer does long-term reporting far from an outlet, a cassette recorder is a tried-and-tested, lower-tech tool that comes with zero anxiety about where to plug it in. Author Tom O’Neill told us this cassette recorder didn’t let him down once over the 20-year period he spent reporting Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties.
$29 at Amazon Buy $34 at Walmart Buy Vivid Pen Set $13 Harris, who says she’s “obsessive” about handwriting, told us she’s been using these vivid gel pens from Mochi Things for more than four years.
$70 at Amazon Buy $70 at Amazon Buy Tripar Postcard Stand A few years back, author and Interview’s editor-at-large Christopher Bollen received a homemade postcard stand from a friend and says it is an “economical and special” gift that he can always display on his desk for good cheer. Bollen says he and his friends are “single-handedly keeping the postcard industry afloat,” adding that his bespoke stand currently features a postcard he received from author Zadie Smith.
$80 at Nike Buy Crane & Co. Red Florentine Half Sheet Naturally, writers make some of the greatest letter writers, and telling their friends about how they’re struggling can be one step toward a creative breakthrough. Hamilah Marcus, the author of the forthcoming book Horse Girls, told us that this Crane and Co. paper is more spacious than other stationery, encouraging her to write longer messages and giving her more room to think out loud.
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