Make and Give: Simple and Modern Crafts to Brighten Every Day

Everybody loves a handmade gift, but crafts can often conjure up ideas of juvenile knicknacks or impossibly intricate frills. “Make and Give” swaps out laborious and uncool-campy for enjoyable and clever in a smartly packaged how-to guide. Authors Steph Hung and Erin Jang have weighed in with tasteful eyes to outline the right recipient and the inspiration behind each project.

So This Is Permanence

“This is Permanence” reveals the personal writings of Joy Division songwriter and frontman Ian Curtis in a beautiful cloth-bound anthology. Curtis committed suicide in 1980, and the insightful book includes a foreword by his widow, Deborah, as well as song lyrics, an appendix listing his personal book library and a selection of interviews from his relatively short but important career.

Non Stop Poetry: The Zines of Mark Gonzales

Published by Printed Matter, “Non Stop Poetry: The Zines of Mark Gonzales” chronicles the skateboard legend’s extensive artwork from the over 145 zines he created, starting as far back as the early ’90s. With contributions from the likes of Harmony Korine and Tom Sachs, the highly visual hardcover is extremely limited and one not to miss.