Survival by Sharing: Essays on Queer Typography (2027)

Survival by Sharing: Essays on Queer Typography is a new book by Paul Soulellis, forthcoming from Bikini Books in 2027.

What is queer typography? A lonely question becomes a question of longing in this collection of essays by graphic designer and educator Paul Soulellis. Cruising through archives, personal collections, streets, and archives of feelings, Soulellis encounters queer ancestors and kin at every turn. Graphic shapes, letterforms, symbols, and artifacts become invitations to look deeper into the conditions that shape language—and how language, in turn, shapes reality. What emerges is a material, politicized, and sensuous approach to design writing: one that binds form and content through ongoing, everyday struggle.

Preliminary specifications

• Type: softcover book
  
• Dimensions: 13 cm x 20 cm
  
• Pages: 304
  
• Word count: 60,000
  
• Language: English
  
• Images: 200+
  
• Printing: Offset lithography
  
• Binding: sewn and glued
  
• Publisher: Bikini Books
  
• Release date: Spring 2027
  
• Edition: 3,500
  

Survival by Sharing: Essays on Queer Typography by Paul Soulellis is forthcoming from Bikini Books in 2027.

Early drafts of some of the essays can be read here.