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    Pick Me Up

    A Pep Talk for Now and Later

    Author Adam J. Kurtz
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    Paperback
    $17.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Tarcher
    5.51"W x 7.49"H x 0.65"D   | 11 oz | 24 per carton
    On sale Oct 04, 2016 | 256 Pages | 9780143109082
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    A quirky, creative companion that offers a pick-me-up on every page
     
    On the heels of his internationally successful first book, 1 Page at a Time, graphic designer and illustrator Adam J. Kurtz delivers another intimate and engaging journal for anyone who loves to explore ideas, record thoughts and feelings, and capture those fleeting but amazing moments of everyday life.
     
    Unlike a linear journal, this book can be opened up to any page, encouraging and engaging readers time and time again through continued use. Rather than simply complete tasks and turn pages, users are encouraged to leave their mark, and if they land on the same page days or weeks later, they can review, reflect, and revise their previous response.
     
    Feeling lonely? Pensive? Peeved? Questioning? This deceptively simple book offers perspective, hope, and a twist of existential metaphor – and is perfect to pick up again and again.
    "This book is helping me live my best life and Adam J. Kurtz is my fave therapist!"
    –Tavi Gevinson, Editor-in-Chief, Rookie
     
    "I am so grateful to have Pick Me Up in my life. It saves me so much money on therapy and is way more fun anyway. Stay in, order a pizza and scribble your way out of that deep dark hole."
    –Michelle Branch, musician

    “Adam J. Kurtz is a magician: the alchemist of paper and pencil, rendering our inner lives visible, tactile and full of potentiality. He reminds us that creativity is the coolest of all resources--infinite, fun, free--and that we are blessed to have it.”
    –Melissa Broder, author of So Sad Today
    © Michelle Mishina
    Adam J. Kurtz ("Adam JK") is a Toronto-born artist whose illustrative work is rooted in honesty, humor, and a little bit of darkness. His books and journals including Things Are What You Make of Them have since sold over a million copies in twenty languages. In 2024, Kurtz opened SMALL KINE GIFT, a gift shop and bookstore in Honolulu, where he lives with his husband and their dog. View titles by Adam J. Kurtz

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    A quirky, creative companion that offers a pick-me-up on every page
     
    On the heels of his internationally successful first book, 1 Page at a Time, graphic designer and illustrator Adam J. Kurtz delivers another intimate and engaging journal for anyone who loves to explore ideas, record thoughts and feelings, and capture those fleeting but amazing moments of everyday life.
     
    Unlike a linear journal, this book can be opened up to any page, encouraging and engaging readers time and time again through continued use. Rather than simply complete tasks and turn pages, users are encouraged to leave their mark, and if they land on the same page days or weeks later, they can review, reflect, and revise their previous response.
     
    Feeling lonely? Pensive? Peeved? Questioning? This deceptively simple book offers perspective, hope, and a twist of existential metaphor – and is perfect to pick up again and again.

    Praise

    "This book is helping me live my best life and Adam J. Kurtz is my fave therapist!"
    –Tavi Gevinson, Editor-in-Chief, Rookie
     
    "I am so grateful to have Pick Me Up in my life. It saves me so much money on therapy and is way more fun anyway. Stay in, order a pizza and scribble your way out of that deep dark hole."
    –Michelle Branch, musician

    “Adam J. Kurtz is a magician: the alchemist of paper and pencil, rendering our inner lives visible, tactile and full of potentiality. He reminds us that creativity is the coolest of all resources--infinite, fun, free--and that we are blessed to have it.”
    –Melissa Broder, author of So Sad Today

    Author

    © Michelle Mishina
    Adam J. Kurtz ("Adam JK") is a Toronto-born artist whose illustrative work is rooted in honesty, humor, and a little bit of darkness. His books and journals including Things Are What You Make of Them have since sold over a million copies in twenty languages. In 2024, Kurtz opened SMALL KINE GIFT, a gift shop and bookstore in Honolulu, where he lives with his husband and their dog. View titles by Adam J. Kurtz

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