Book Launch: Odradek Volume II: The Madness of Puppets

Join us for a night of music, fashion, and puppets to celebrate the release of Odradek Volume II: The Madness of Puppets! We’ll kick the night off with a puppet fashion show, featuring stylish humans and puppets alike. Then there will be a short reading by author Hannah Hightman from the new volume about the importance of puppetry in our current moment. We’ll finish out the night by spinning some tunes, and both humans and puppets will have the chance to have their tarot cards read by Caroline Calloway, the polar bear puppet (sadly not the influencer herself, though her puppet counterpart occupies a similar level of iconic-ness).

About Odradek: Odradek is a publication about uncanny life, objects that occupy the liminal space between living and nonliving and the people that create them. The previous volume, released in 2023, was focused on the art of taxidermy. The latest addition is focused on puppets– from fabrication to performance, shadow puppets to object theater. It features 29 interviews with creatives working within the realm of puppetry and is 136 full-color pages.

About the author: Hannah Hightman is a Manhattan–based writer and creative. She received her MA in Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism from The New School and has previously written for V Magazine, The A.V. Club, and HelloGiggles. When she’s not holed up in her room writing, she can be found roaming the town with one of her puppets in tow.

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