The Red Shoes She Wore is an illustrated collection of six short interviews with women about a special pair of red shoes. In this work, author and illustrator Aya Karpińska reminds us that what we wear on our feet communicates something essential about our relationship to ourselves and the spaces we move through. 

Publication Date: April 2025

ISBN# 979-8-218-62819-2 (5.5 x 8.5, 56 pp, paperback)

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$24.00 includes shipping within the US, payment via Venmo: @aya-karpinska or PayPal: paypal.me/technekai. Include name and mailing address in the payment comment. ✉️
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Monday, June 2 from 5-6 pm

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New York, NY 10009

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Aya Natalia Karpińska is an artist and writer fascinated by the interplay of poetic language, technology, and storytelling. While this is Aya's first book, she has published poetry as sound composition, as video, as t-shirt collection,  and as the first literary iPhone app. She is also an award-winning interaction designer and mother of two. For more information, visit technekai.com.