For the project, which was started in october 2004, warren asked people to write a secret they had never told anyone on a handmade postcard and mail it to him. Each card bears an intimate and powerful secretat turns inspirational, shocking, hilarious, and poeticthat is told through original illustrations, photographs. See more ideas about post secret, the secret and this or that questions. Postsecret is an ongoing community mail art project, created by frank warren in 2005, in which people mail their secrets anonymously on a homemade postcard. Free download or read online the secret lives of men and women. Until i read this book, i only knew postsecret from frank warrens blog which is on my weekly mustread list. My secret is the second book published by blogger frank warren who runs the site postsecret an experiment in community art, inviting strangers to mail him anonymous postcards that made art. The first section has secrets about being a kid and some written by kids. See the complete postsecret series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. I am touched by the brutal, raw honesty that people are capable of when they are allowed to remain anonymous. Its a good effort, too, and one that deserves to be commended. A postsecret book the secret lives of men and women. I became a devotee of the site, looking for new releases on the postsecret website on sundays and reading all the book compilations.
A postsecret book hardcover october 9, 2007 by frank warren author. For the secret lives of men and women, warren has selected a neverbeforeseen collection of postcards bearing the explosive confessions and captivating revelations of men and women everywhere. He then displayed selected cardsthe authors are anonymouson his website. An art exhibition also travels the country, showcasing many of the hundreds of thousands of secrets he has received. The sensational postsecret project returns with a neverbeforeseen coll. I had resisted buying the previous books in the series because so often whats intriguing a few at a time becomes cloying when presented in a book. Just as i hold up my camera i thank her, which i regret immediately. At that instant just before i taking my picture i watch helplessly as her poignant words get pushed off the right side of the screen by what i just said.
Oct 20, 2010 secrets taken from frank warrens my secret book. My secret a postsecret book warren frank 0752889877 for sale. The followup book to the huge cult hit, postsecret, my secret focuses on the secrets of teens and students. The second postsecret book, my secret, focuses on the compelling and personal messages that have been sent in by college students from around the world. The world of postsecret by frank warren, hardcover. A postsecret book by frank warren in epub, fb2, fb3 download e book. Postsecret is a still ongoing project where all kinds of ordinary people anonymously send in decorated postcards with some confession, truth or secret to tell. Apr 07, 2017 im heather alright ask away was my secret i dont have secret im pretty open but now that i really have uh i dont know i havent been scared to tell it to you wait um i played why would you share and now its usually wouldnt share it with anyone else to total strangers about ever since i was eighteen i dont know how not to have more than one because this show are still because if you have. Sep 20, 2015 does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. Dear frank, today i went to the special archive of secrets as i preordered the book about a month and a half ago. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives, a lifetime of secrets. It hurts to do jazz hands after i cut myself, but the show must go on.
I looked at a post secret book a couple of years ago in a barnes and noble in phoenix, but this is the first complete post secret book that ive read. At times its funny, sad, ironic can make you feel like your not alone and that is what most books are missing, but because this book was written by its readers it is truly magnificent and touching. A postsecret book 9780061238604 by warren, frank and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Postsecret has now received more than 100,000 cards, up to 200 a day, which have toured the country in exhibitions and appeared in two other books. Everyone will be struck by different messages, depending on your own life. But, the latest book release the first in five years, the world of postsecret, has again piqued my interest. Instead it falls more into the category of art or coffee table book and generally isnt something that one reads from cover to cover. May 29, 2011 postsecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.
For a while i had known about the postsecret project before i decided to pick up my copy of the book. A postsecret book book online at best prices in india on. Now, in his most extraordinary book yet, warren again delves into our collective confessions, presenting a neverbeforeseen selection of provocative and moving. Frank warren is the founder and curator of the postsecret project. For my secret, a collectible, paperoverboard book that includes a page of vibrant, decorative stickers, warren has personally selected neverbeforeseen anonymous postcards created by teens and college students from. Since 2004, hundreds of thousands of anonymous contributors with something to get off their chest have sent postcards to the website postsecret. The first edition of the novel was published in october 24th 2006, and was written by frank warren. Spies, secret missions, and hidden facts from the civil war top secret files of history the secret life of pets little golden book secret life of pets. My secret, a postsecret book by frank warren 9780061196683. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives the world of postsecret postsecret. For my secret, a collectible, paperoverboard book that includes a page of vibrant, decorative stickers, warren has personally selected neverbeforeseen anonymous postcards created by teens and college students. I am really impressed by the creative postcards people created to send to a stranger. Its amazing how touching and relatable they are, yet at the same time, how funny they are.
A postsecret book by frank warren pdf epub txt mobi djvu. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives postsecret, my secret. The main characters of this non fiction, art story are. Postsecret is an ongoing community art project where people from around the world mail me their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. For my secret, a collectible, paperoverboard book that includes a page of vibrant, decorative stickers, warren has personally selected neverbeforeseen anonymous postcards created by teens and. In the post secret books, the authorweb creator takes what he things are the most relevant pieces from the site and compiles them for everyone to see.
He has shared these postsecrets on his awardwinning blog. I sent you my secret several years ago shortly before coming to college. Postsecret is the largest advertisementfree blog in the world. I have picked up this book many different times when in various bookstores and have flipped through it bit by bit. For my secret, a collectible, paperoverboard book that includes a page of vibrant, decorative stickers, warren has personally selected neverbeforeseen. This book is the result, a small book with powerful messages. I was surprised how well each secret fit together in an overall theme. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Post secret books make excellent gifts and are great to have in the living room to start conversation. The postsecret book series by frank warren includes books postsecret. I test the mic and watch the projector display a secrets in my presentation that the publisher has banned from the books. To date, i have received over 1,000,000 revealing the humor and humanity. For my secret, a collectible, paperoverboard book that includes a page of vibrant, decorative stickers, warren has personally selected neverbeforeseen anonymous postcards created by teens and college students from across the country. A postsecret book by frank warren, hardcover barnes.
Some upset, some inspire, some make us think, some make us happy. One night at a large university, the confessions included tears from a woman who was not there, a poignant message from a dead loved one, and a student who described an early sexual misadventure. Postsecret is the brainchild of frank warren who receives anonymous postcards from people confessing secrets theyve told nobody about. Selected secrets are then posted on the postsecret website, or used for postsecret s books or museum exhibits. It continues, through collegeage fears, through marriages and children, onto middle age, and goes until the final section where they are secrets from folks in the their 60s and 70s or more. The postcards arriving every day in the mail are each art projects, with everything on the front from vintage photography to nail polish, and no matter the confession, so long as its anonymous it shows up eventually on postsecrets blog website. Raw and revealing, these secrets express the hopes, fears and wildest confessions of young people everywhere.
Now this is not your typical coffee table book for lack of a better description. The book kept my emotions bouncing from humor to sadness to delight. Confessions on life, death, and god top secret files. For more secrets and behind the scenes stories, follow postsecret on twitter. Raw and revealing, these secrets express the hopes, fears and wildest confessions of. This year, i overcame my fear of sleeping with the closet open. A postsecret book hardcover october 24, 2006 by frank warren author. This was my first postsecret book but ive read secrets for years online. Frank warren is the creator and founder of this project that has taken the world by storm. Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience. The sensational postsecret project returns with a neverbeforeseen collection of postacards created by teens and college students from around the world. What others are saying postsecrets frank warren on exposing your deepest secrets and desires neil strauss i work at a vet clinic, when euthanizing a pet we give you the option on staying in the room with them or leaving.
Booktopia has my secret, a postsecret book by frank warren. You are invited to anonymously contribute your secrets to postsecret and the new postsecret book, postsecret confessions on life, death and god. My daughter and i at the postsecret art exhibition at the museum of man. But, show this book, or any other postsecret book, to a friend, and theyll be hooked.
I do know it feels voyeuristic peering into other peoples secrets. The second postsecret book, my secret, focuses on the compelling and personal messages that have been sent in by college. Best of all, if after reading an ebook, you buy a paper version of my secret. My secret a postsecret book warren frank 0752889877 for. I wrote my secret about my eating disorder on a postcard and mailed it to you but you never posted it up on the website or put it in any postsecret books. At that moment, most everyone there turned back to see tina and the shirt she was. My secret frank warren hardcover harpercollins publishers.
At the beginning of 2005, frank warren launched a new blog called postsecret as an experiment in community art, inviting strangers to mail him anonymous postcards. At that instant just before i taking my picture i watch helplessly as her poignant words get pushed off the right side of the screen by what i. A collection of artfully decorated postcards with secrets anonymously written on them by people from all over the world and sent to the founder of postsecret, a community art project that evolved. He leido este postsecret mil veces y siempre me salen lagrimas. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 144 pages and is available in hardcover format. A postsecret book by frank warren 20061024 hardcover 1842 by frank warren author. The first edition of the novel was published in january 9th 2007, and was written by frank warren. A postsecret book, the secret lives of men and women.
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