I Got TDS From Reading Pocket Tee | Porcupine Press Garment-Dyed Comfort Colors

Every year, school boards and state agencies pull books off shelves, and every year the lists get longer. The reasoning is familiar: certain pages are said to upset children, confuse them, give them ideas. The 1950s had loyalty questionnaires. We have removal forms and a parent complaint hotline. The implication is always that reading is a condition you can catch, so we went ahead and gave it a name.

The art is a battered hardcover in brick red, lying open-cornered on its side, with a yellowed library checkout card half pulled from the back pocket. The date grid shows 10/24, 10/24, 11/02 and then nothing, and a rubber stamp reads OVERDUE at a crooked angle across the bottom. A small mustard label on the spine warns: CONTAMINATED WITH FACTS. Above it all, in heavy cream slab caps, I GOT TDS FROM READING, and under that, in italics, It started with a book.

Printed large across the back as vintage public library ephemera, three inks on washed black, with halftone wear so the garment shows through the cracks. The Porcupine Press mark sits on the front pocket. And yes, the pocket is real: it holds your reading glasses, a pen or a business card. Keep a due date card in there too, since nobody else is tracking what you read.

• Comfort Colors 6030 garment-dyed pocket tee, 100% ring-spun cotton
• Relaxed fit with a soft, broken-in feel; sizes S to 3XL
• Printed to order
• Wash cold inside out, tumble dry low