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The 28 Most Romantic Date Ideas Around Philadelphia, Philadelphia Magazine, 2021
Rent out this entire Kensington bookstore for a romantic, affordable, indoor date night, Billy Penn, January 2021
You can rent out this Philadelphia bookstore for a COVID-friendly date night, 6abc, January 2021
If you love books and also love, you can rent this bookstore for a COVID-friendly date night, LitHub, January 2021
- General
- Blue Stoop: A new hang for literary Philly, Philadelphia Inquirer by Anya van Wagtendonk, July 2018
- Playing with words: The Head and the Hand to host 3rd annual spelling bee for adult literary community, Star News by Melissa Komar, May 2018
- The Hatchery: Local Reading Series Returns to the Riverwards, Spirit News by Dave Meyers, April 2016
- Philadelphia Neighborhood Becomes Home To Book Vending Machine, Automatic Merchandiser, April 2016
- A vending machine in Fishtown will give you a beautiful book for two bucks, The Philadelphia Inquirer by A.D. Amorosi, April 2016
- Philly's literary vending machines, Metro Philly by Gina Tomaine, March 2016
- Geek of the Week: Nic Esposito, Founder of The Head & The Hand Press, Geekadelphia by Julie Leung, January 2016
- Vending stories instead of snacks, The Temple News by Erin Blewett, November 2015
- From Fishtown to Society Hill: Local publisher Head and The Hand's big move, Flying Kite by Alaina Mabaso, September 2015
- Philly's emerging indie presses happy to experiment with authors, niche subjects, PhillyVoice by Jake Blumgart, August 2015
- The Head and the Hand Press: Book Publishing in Philadelphia, WHYY/PBS by Alex Hutflus, October 2014
- Literary Snacks: A Story Vending Machine Hits High School, PublishingPerspectives.com by Beth Kephart, May 2014
- The Head & the Hand presses forward for Fishtown, Philadelphia Weekly by Randy LoBasso, March 2014
- Book Love: honeygrow restaurant features book vending machine, Philadelphia City Paper by Mikala Jamison, February 2014
- The Head & the Hand Press Uses Hybrid Nonprofit/For-profit Model for Community Workshop, Generocity by Alex Vuocolo, February 2014
- A Vending Machine That Delivers Literature, Book Business Magazine by Lynn Rosen, December 2013
- Philly coffee shop is vending verse, Philly.com by Kevin Riordan, December 2013
- This publisher is selling local indie fiction in a Philly vending machine, Technical.ly Philly by Chris Wink, November 2013
- A Press Grows In Philly, Authoright, November 2013
- What do Veggies & Books Have in Common, IndieReader by Reanin McRoberts, September 2013
- Philly Publisher Nurtures New Means of Connecting Writers, Readers, NewsWorks by Peter Crimmins, September 2013
- The Head & The Hand Launches Writers Coworking Technical.ly, August 2013
- Local Craft Publisher The Head & The Hand Going Strong Philadelphia Real Estate Blog, August 2013
- Newsworks Tonight, June 18, 2013, WHYY, June 2013
- It’s Not Every Day We Get To Welcome A Bouncing Baby Philly-Based Lit Quarterly Into The World!, Philebrity, June 2013
- Bookmarked Column 11: Publisher Rising, Philly.com “Art Attack,” June 2013 (archived via NathanielPopkin.net)
- The Head & The Hand Press: Nic Esposito, Fishtown Spotlights, June 2013
- A Conversation with Writer, Publisher and Urban Farmer Nic Esposito, Apiary Magazine, Jan. 2013
- The Head & The Hand: Craft Publishing in Philly, Apiary Magazine, Jan. 2013
- Hey Writers, There’s a New Publishing House that Wants to Put Out your Work, Philebrity, Dec. 2012
- Spread the word: Craft publishing, workshop opens on Frankford Ave, PlanPhilly, Dec. 2012
- Afghan Post
- An Afghanistan Veteran Looks Back on the "First Postmodern War" TK News by Matt Taibbi, April 2021
- Book Review: ‘Afghan Post,’ Red Bull Rising by Charlie Sherpa, February 2014
- Between Boredom and Terror: One US Soldier’s Letters from Afghanistan, The Daily Beast by Brian Castner, February 2014
- ‘Afghan Post’ author’s war story begins with soldier’s senior year at Yale, New Haven Register by Sandi Shelton, January 2014
- New Year, New Stories | Memoir, Library Journal by Thérèse P. Nielsen, January 2014
- Afghan Post, Publishers Weekly, January 2014
- Bonenberger’s Afghan Post, Foreign Policy by Thomas E. Ricks, December 2013
- Asteroid Belt Almanac
- Asteroid Belt Almanac on science/tech intersection launches crowdfunding, Technical.ly Philly, March 2014
- Asteroid Belt Almanac by The Head & The Hand Press, Geekadelphia by Chris Urie, February 2014
- Blowin' It
- Blowin' It by Wintfred Huskey Reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster, Cleaver Magazine, October 2014
- Read An Excerpt From Blowin’ It by Philadelphia’s Own Wintfred Huskey, Philebrity.com, September 2014
- Blowin' It, Publishers Weekly, August 2014
- Dulcius Ex Asperis, Or, The Quarter-Life Crisis That Wasn't, Huffington Post by Wintfred Huskey, August 2014
- Blowin’ It by Wintfred Huskey: Head & the Hand Press Crowdfunding New Book, Geekadelphia by Eric Smith, June 2014
- Kensington Homestead
- Read An Excerpt From Nic Esposito’s Kensington Homestead, Philebrity, November 2014
- Kensington Homestead: Nic Esposito’s Latest Book Available for Preorder, Geekadelphia by Eric Smith, September 2014
- Excerpt from Nic Esposito’s Essay Collection “Kensington Homestead” on Urban Farming, Generocity, November 2014
- Homesteading in Kensington, Star News Philly by Julie Zeglen, November 2014
- Kensington urban farmer pens book on his homestead, NewsWorks by Dave Heller, December 2014
- Latest from The Head and the Hand explores the 'Homestead', Metro Philly by Sam Newhouse, November 2014
- Book chronicles effort to grow crops in Kensington, Philadelphia Inquirer by Virginia A. Smith, January 2015
- Kensington Homestead talks Growing food in Philidelphia, Green Living Guy, July 2015
- Philadelphia Author Nic Esposito to Read from His Newest Book, Grid Philly, November 2014
- Lion and Leopard
- Philadelphia of the Good Bones, WHYY, produced by Michael O’Reilly, October 2014
- Lion and Leopard, Historical Novel Society by James Hawking, February 2014
- Lion and Leopard, Foreword Review by Sara Budzik, Winter 2014
- Lion and Leopard, Library Journal, November 2013
- Recommended: “The Lion and the Leopard” by Nathaniel Popkin, Philadelphia Magazine by Liz Spikol, October 2013 * The Three Authors, Penn Gazette by Susan Frith, January 2014
- Popkin Culture, Grid Magazine, December 2013, pg. 21
- Hidden City’s Nathaniel Popkin delves into the sordid history of Philly’s art world in debut novel, Flying Kite by Nicole Woods, November 2013 * Scenes from the life of a wannabe artist, 1812, Nathaniel Popkin, Reading the Past, November 2013
- Lion and Leopard – Nathaniel Popkin’s book on the roaring art beasts of 19th Century Philadelphia, The Art Blog, October 2014
- Rust Belt Rising Almanac
- undercover, Pittsburgh Magazine by Kristopher Collins, September 2013
- Under This Cloud: Life and Death in the Shadow of a Coal-Fired Power Plant, NextCity.org, September 2013
- Rust Belt Rising Almanac Celebrates Our Cities, Grid Magazine blog, August 2013
- The Rust Belt Neighborhood in the Middle of Philadelphia, The Atlantic Cities by Bonnie Tsui, August 2013
- Rust Belt Rising Almanac, Buffalo Rising, August 2013
- Review: Rust Belt Rising Almanac, Vol. 1, Cleaver Magazine by Ariel Diliberto, July 2013
- Podcast: What Makes a Rust Belt City? Deadline Detroit, July 2013
- “A Kensington Press Asks, What’s the Future of the Rustbelt?” Hidden City Philadelphia, June 2013
- “Rust Belt Rising Book Tour Rolls Through Cleveland,” Cleveland Scene, June 2013
- “Rust Belt Rising!,” LaFerle.com, June 2013, by Rust Belt Rising Almanac contributor Cindy La Ferle
- “Rust Belt Rising – Expanding the Conversation of Rust Belt Chic,” CoolCleveland.com, June 2013
- Shortlist: June 19-25 (Thu., June 20 — Words & Music), Pittsburgh City Paper, June 2013
- “Heads Up, Detroit: Rust Belt Rising,” Isak, June 2013
- “A Trio of Triumphs,” irishphiladelphia.com, June 2013, on Rust Belt Rising Almanac contributor Liz Kerr
- “Rust Belt Rising Almanac Book Release,” New Kensington Community Development Corporation’s (NKCDC) Frankford Ave Arts Corridor – May 2013
- Waveland
- Book Review: Waveland, Jewish Women's Archive by Etta King Heisler, December 2015
- Waveland, Simone Zelitch, Jewish Book Council by Dina Weinstein, November 2015
- Book Review: Waveland, Cleaver Magazine by Claire Rudy Foster, September 2015
- Book Review: Waveland by Simone Zelitch, Huffington Post by Holly Cara Price, September 2015
- Reviewed by Barbara Nickles, Foreward Reviews, May 2015
- Free Library Podcast: Jabari Asim | Only the Strong with Simone Zelitch | Waveland, Free Library of Philadelphia, May 2015
- Mt. Airy professor/author making waves in ‘Waveland’, Chestnut Hill Local by Len Lear, June 2015
- Hebron/Mississippi: Passing, Christian Peacemaker Teams, July 2015
- 2015 Summer Library Series: Scofflaw by Simone Zelitch, ErinPringle.com, July 2015
- A Writer Writes: Simone Zelitch (Hungary 1991-93) My Freedom Summer Peace Corps Novel, Peace Corps Worldwide by Simone Zelitch, August 2015
- Review: Waveland: One Woman’s Story of Freedom Summer by Simone Zelitch, Historical Novel Society, August 2015
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