Faythe Levine
As Ever, Miriam
7.5 x 5 inches | 129 pp | b&w illustrations
Perfect bound, softcover with gold foil stamp and a double gatefold pull-out timeline
First edition, 2024; OK Stamp Press [sold out]
Second edition, 2025; Combos Press
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Researched, transcribed, collected, and introduced by Faythe Levine, this book centers on the relationship and lives of Charlotte Russell Partridge (1882-1975) and Miriam Frink (1892-1978). Based on extensive archival and secondary research involving books, magazines, newspapers, and interviews, Levine brings readers into the work of connecting archival traces to tell stories about past lives. The book presents a collection of epistolary sign-offs from Frink’s letters to Partridge across the decades of their working and personal relationships. Levine takes time to provide extensive footnotes that bring context to these brief but rich archival excerpts. She includes reflections on quotidian details, vernacular translations, historical references, photographs, and information about the pair’s contributions to the arts and art education in Milwaukee, WI, and beyond in the early to mid-20th century.
EXTRACT
“Partridge and Frink haven’t been entirely forgotten nor erased like so many others, but there is still a lack of visibility and understanding about their personal dynamics and professional impact... While doing my research, I found nearly every component in their papers compelling: more often than not, a single document prompted an entirely new string of questions… Since I initially thought I would write a version of their biographies or possibly a historical narrative, I was looking through as much content as possible. Over time, I realized that, for my mental health and to pull something shareable out of my research, it was necessary to create a smaller framework for myself. I flipped my vision from the macro to the micro.” Faythe Levine, Introduction: A Habit of Curiosity
PRESS
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A Conversation with Faythe Levine on Archives, Letters, Love, and Her New Book; author interview by Laura Mclaws Helms, Feb 3, 2025
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As Ever, Miriam, an interview with author Faythe Levine; by Maddy Court, Nov 27, 2024
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‘As Ever, Miriam’ explores shared life of Milwaukee collaborators Charlotte Partridge, Miriam Frink; author interview by Annie Raab, Oct 8, 2024
FUTURE EVENTS
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November 2025: A related exhibition focusing on Partridge and Frink's domestic space and civic work curated by Levine will open at the Lynden Sculpture Garden.
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July 12, 2025: Author talk and book signing, Alice Austen House Museum, Staten Island, NY.
PAST EVENTS
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January 18, 2024: Small Print mini book fair at Working Loose. Blue Hill, ME.
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November 13, 2024: Author talk and book signing. Hudson Area Library, Hudson, NY.
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October 12, 2024: Book release party at Cactus Club. Milwaukee, WI.
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October 3, 2024, Concordia Art Publishers Conversation with publisher maya rae Oppenheimer, co-director of Ok Stamp Press.
1– 4. (top) As Ever, Miriam held in hand promotional image, 2024. (middle) Archival image courtesy of the Charlotte Russell Partridge and Miriam Frink Papers, 1862-1980, Housed at the University of Wisconsin Libraries' Archives Department. (bottom) As Ever, Miriam book interior promotional images, 2024.