I’m going to add this to my links stash but my excitement warrants a post I think:
The Independent Publishing Resource Center
They have a letterpress! I’ve been in once and there’s tons of stuff in the way of handmade zines, chapbooks – it’s where I found this book I sent to Ally.
I’m exciteddddd! I need bookarts [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Fap Fap Squirt Squirt
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bookarts, independent publishing on December 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“Art redeems us from time.” – Joan Acocella
Posted in book reviews, tagged books, chapbooks, existentialist feminism, john ashbery, simone de beauvoir, the ethics of ambiguity on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just finished reading Simone de Beauvoir’s The Ethics of Ambiguity – my interest in the author having been sparked last year after reading parts of The Second Sex and my (very) limited understanding of existentialist philosophy. Although she referred to Ethics as “a little essay about ethics: how can morals and politics be adjusted to [...]
Portlandites Unite!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, feminist, in other words, independent bookstores on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
from In Other Words:
In Other Words, like so many of our fellow bookstores, has fallen upon incredibly hard financial times. With the decline in our current economy, we have experienced severely decreased revenue. If we are unable to raise $11,000 by the end of December, In Other Words will have to close its doors.
We desperately [...]
das kapital
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, i want, what a surprise - masturbation! on December 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The holidays are upon us, as much as I loathe this time of year, I’ll happily take a chance to get free books. Here’s my list so far this year, roughly in order of most want:
- The Collected Works of H.D.
- My Vocabulary Did This to Me Collected Jack Spicer (what a shocker…)
- Dreamsongs by [...]
