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Manual / Issue 9 / Out Of Line, Sarah Ganz Blythe, Editor-In-Chief, Amy Pickworth, Editor, Fida Adely, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Stefano Bloch, Mimi Cabell, Namita Vijay Dharia, Douglas W. Doe, Jared A. Goldstein, Lucinda Hitchcock, Jan Howard, Kate Irvin, Douglas Kearney, Amber Lopez, Jeffery Moser, Sheida Soleimani, Craig Taylor

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Manual, a journal about art and its making. Out of Line. The nineth issue. This issue of *Manual*—themed Out of Line—is a collection about the way that lines disrupt, point outward. In poetry, the attention to detail one takes in crafting a line is all about making the line disappear, making something it holds to take front stage. . . . The space between the lines creating the image . . . the space around that argues for the importance of all that the lines hold. Manual 9 (Out of Line) complemented Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now, …

Manual / Issue 8 / Give And Take, Sarah Ganz Blythe, Editor-In-Chief, Amy Pickworth, Editor, Mary-Kim Arnold, Emily Banas, Pia Camil, John Dunnigan, Claudia J. Ford, Kate Irin, Josie Johnson, Dom Molon, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, Alexandra M. Peck, Robert W. Preucel, Wendy Red Star, Jessica Urick, Kelly Walters

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Manual, a journal about art and its making. Give and Take. The eigth issue. Manual 8 (Give and Take) explores interaction, transaction, and social exchange and indebtedness.

"The earliest known use of the expression “give and take” can be traced to horse racing. It referred to races in which larger, stronger horses carried more weight, and smaller ones, less. Implied therein is an accounting for relative capacities. In such a race, the goal remains the same—crossing the finish line first—but introducing this variable highlights the relationship between the competing horses. A win is only meaningful if each horse can be …