In an effort to make room for some of the new books that are burning to get out of my head and into a real form, I’ve decided to give away these two Coptic journals. I’ll be totally honest with you: the reason I’m giving them away and not putting them up for sale on Etsy is that they each have teeny flaws. These flaws in no way impair the books’ functional use—you probably won’t notice them, even now I’ve told you they are there—but they don’t meet my rigid standards of quality assurance and so I’m giving them away.

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