{"id":168,"date":"2012-07-27T20:43:02","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T20:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccspecialcollections.wordpress.com\/?p=168"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:13:32","slug":"embroidered-composition-book-by-candace-hicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2012\/07\/27\/embroidered-composition-book-by-candace-hicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Embroidered composition book by Candace Hicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2012\/07\/hicks11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-171\" title=\"hicks1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2012\/07\/hicks11.jpg?w=112\" height=\"150\" width=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2012\/07\/hicks11.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2012\/07\/hicks11-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2012\/07\/hicks11-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2012\/07\/hicks11-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2012\/07\/hicks21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-172\" title=\"hicks2\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2012\/07\/hicks21.jpg?w=150\" height=\"112\" width=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2012\/07\/hicks21.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2012\/07\/hicks21-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2012\/07\/hicks21-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2012\/07\/hicks21-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn the summer of 2012 we acquired one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booklyn.org\/artists\/Candace%20Hicks,%20Austin,%20Texas.php\">Candace Hicks<\/a>&#8216;s unique embroidered composition books. Ours is &#8220;Volume XXXIII,&#8221; with a green cover. Like others in the series, it is a sort of personal reading journal, with all the text embroidered by hand. Authors mentioned in our volume include J.K. Rowling, Janet Evanovich, Jonathan Lethem, and Gary Shteyngart. The book is soft and floppy and a pleasure to handle, and several students have already admired it in our reading room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the summer of 2012 we acquired one of Candace Hicks&#8216;s unique embroidered composition books. Ours is &#8220;Volume XXXIII,&#8221; with a green cover. Like others in the series, it is a sort of personal reading journal, with all the text embroidered by hand. Authors mentioned in our volume include J.K. 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