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What’s on your desk, Kristen Radtke?

A handmade desk in an office painted a color called “Little Piggy.”

I also have a (nearly) complete set of The Believer back issues, though my husband and I have been toying with the idea of combining our magazine archive into one periodical shelf in the living room. Most of the art I have hanging in my office is somewhat sentimental: the first paragraph I ever typeset and letterpressed in graduate school; a funny quote from a review of my last book needlepointed by my friend; broadsides from some of my favorite cartoonists. I picked colors that feel very private that I wouldn’t use in shared spaces: a powder pink by Benjamin Moore called “ Little Piggy,” and I wallpapered the outlets with prints from Spoonflower, a textile company that I love.

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