The first title in Lasting Echoes, a letterpress series celebrating short stories that endure.
About this Edition
Katherine Mansfield's "The Doll's House" is a defining example of the quiet power that Lasting Echoes seeks to preserve. Through the small, everyday world of children, Mansfield exposes the rigid class divisions and casual cruelty of adult society with remarkable subtlety and restraint. Nothing is overstated; instead, meaning unfolds through fleeting moments of kindness and exclusion. The story's emotional impact grows from its precision and empathy, revealing how early social hierarchies are learned and internalized. Brief, elegant, and quietly devastating, The Doll's House lingers in the reader's mind as a testament to how profoundly a short story can speak.
Specifications
Printed on an Original Heidelberg Windmill Press on Cotton Lettra paper
Limited to 100 copies
Measures 8.5" × 5.5"
Wrapped in extra-thick German-made Gmund paper
Sewn by hand
20 pages
Featuring three original digital illustrations by Aubree Hoffmann, whose finely crafted work captures the story's quiet emotional shifts and social nuance
The Illustrator
The illustrations in our first three chapbooks were commissioned from talented recent graduates of Southern Utah University's BFA program, a collaboration that brings fresh artistic voices into dialogue with these timeless stories. We hope through this series to introduce new artists to the fine press world, giving them an early platform to showcase their work. Each artist receives a generous percentage of sales, ensuring their creative contributions are meaningfully supported.
The Collection
Slipcase
An optional slipcase is available, designed to house any three chapbooks from the Lasting Echoes collection. It will also be offered separately in the future for readers who wish to build or expand their set over time.
What's Next
Upcoming Lasting Echoes titles include short works by Melville, Woolf, Hemingway, and more, with multiple titles already in development for release in 2026.
Samuel Thomson is an Ottawa-based traditional printmaker and illustrator specializing in linocut. His passion for high-contrast, hard-carved imagery began at the Bealart program in London, Ontario, and has since grown into an independent practice.
foreword written by
Michael Von Cannon
Michael Von Cannon teaches modern American literature at Florida Gulf Coast University. He is the co-creator and producer of One True Podcast and is co-editing the final volumes of Hemingway's correspondence for the Hemingway Letters Project.
afterword written by
Mark Cirino
Mark Cirino teaches American literature at the University of Evansville. He is the host of the popular Hemingway Society-sponsored program, One True Podcast. His most recent publication is an edition of A Farewell to Arms edited for the Norton Library.
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