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FOUND magazine's hook is simple: readers send in items they've found (from handwritten love notes to Polaroids), and Davy Rothbart curates and publishes them. The finds, which appear in the magazine, the best-selling series of FOUND books, or on the mag's website as the Find of the Day, run the gamut from cute to tragic; like PostSecret, it's a way to get an anonymous glimpse inside someone else's life, but unlike PostSecret, participation in the project isn't voluntary.

DCist is screwed in the event of an oil crisis. Not that we're not all screwed in the event of an oil crisis, just D.C. is more screwed. Don't sell your car yet, District resident, a cabbie can kick you to the curb if he doesn't like your address. Not even Metro can save you now.

Found creator Davy Rothbart is making Toronto his only stop on his book tour for Found II. The event is free tonight at the Gladstone Hotel, doors 7pm.

Tall Poppy Interview - Davy Rothbart

Despite the headline, we don't expect Found Mag founder Davy Rothbart to flounder in the slightest when he reads from the latest Found book at the Drake at 7pm tonight. Found is basically a repository for lost ephemera, found by Davy, or mailed in by others who share his affinity for lost scraps of life and love. His brother Peter plays purportedly loopy tunes in the background, and Rothbart invites audience members to share their favorite finds. Torontoist has lingered over the Found materials since issue one (at right). The misspellings, the humour, the seemingly timeless photos - how do people lose these things, you have to wonder, looking at a particularly vitriolic letter or revealing photo. But their loss is our gain. And it's free, so you can even shell out for an overly cleverly named beverage.