How are you? Are you having a good day today? (David Lynch music reference.)

I have a new book out from Louffa Press, FUGITIVE POPE. It’s all letterpress, and you can read more about it here.

AMERICA

That a giant economy-sized box of “Supreme—Three Ply—Extra Soft—De Luxe” cleansing tissues only costs 39¢ ought, it would seem, to restore one’s faith in something.

Update: Mike, I added a little context and made a hyperlink. – Michael Smith

An open casting call brought in a cross-section of American talent: rock & rollers Sam Beam, Will Oldham, Colin Gagon, Neil Michael Hagerty; artists Harrison Haynes, Hope Gangloff, Forest Juziuk, and Steve Keene; cartoonist and animator Brad Neely; filmmakers Kathy Egan and Andrew Pope; poets Joe Wenderoth and Mike Topp; photographer Michael McLeod; ad executive Austin McKenna; along with writers Brian Howe, Theodore McDermott, Patrick deWitt, Wells Tower, Brent Van Daley, Mike Laus, and Jeff Johnson. Handsomely weathered scene-stealers one and all.

Since 1997, the Minus Times has consistently delivered emerging American talent in a hand-typed literary almanac alternately referrred to as “Harper’s Magazine on methadone” and “a 34-page ransom note.” Edited by Hunter Kennedy. Published by Drag City.

“I love paint,” he says, in the same mechanical tone he used to describe his camera. “I like watercolours. I like acrylic paint … a little bit. I like house paint. I like oil-based paint, and I love oil paint. I love the smell of turpentine and I like that world of oil paint very, very, very much.”