Some advance praise for Jason Schwart’z John the Posthumous, a literary marvel now available for pre-order:
“After reading Jason Schwartz, it’s difficult to talk about any other writer’s originality or unique relation to the language. John the Posthumous is a work of astounding power and distinction, beautifully strange, masterful.” —Sam Lipsyte
“[Schwartz] is complete, as genius agonizingly is.” —Gordon Lish
“Haunting, original prose by a writer unlike any other on the planet. Jason Schwartz is a master.”  —Ben Marcus

Some advance praise for Jason Schwart’z John the Posthumousa literary marvel now available for pre-order:

“After reading Jason Schwartz, it’s difficult to talk about any other writer’s originality or unique relation to the language. John the Posthumous is a work of astounding power and distinction, beautifully strange, masterful.” —Sam Lipsyte

“[Schwartz] is complete, as genius agonizingly is.” —Gordon Lish

“Haunting, original prose by a writer unlike any other on the planet. Jason Schwartz is a master.”  —Ben Marcus

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Thought for the day…always read ingredients before eating product.

We swear this label was unadulterated. And yes, we ate the cheese.

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Our author Andrew Smart, whose Autopilot: The Art & Science of Doing Nothing is coming out this month, would agree.

Our author Andrew Smart, whose Autopilot: The Art & Science of Doing Nothing is coming out this month, would agree.

(Source: royceicon, via eskay)

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Congratulations to Kim Longinotto, whose documentary Salma just won “Best International Feature” and “Best International Director” at the Documentary Edge Festival 2013. You can read about the making of the documentary and Salma’s own poems in our upcoming Salma: Filming a Poet in Her Village.

Congratulations to Kim Longinotto, whose documentary Salma just won “Best International Feature” and “Best International Director” at the Documentary Edge Festival 2013. You can read about the making of the documentary and Salma’s own poems in our upcoming Salma: Filming a Poet in Her Village.

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May Day special. Spring pollen heightens our allergies and general sense of irritation: today’s entry—the Vietnam-era MIA flags flying below the US flag in all New York City parks. Why, almost 40 years after the Vietnam War, does NYC government feel the need to commemorate “missing or captive” US soldiers in every park? Let’s also fly a flag hailing those brave souls who, in the face of derision, imprisonment and worse, opposed these disastrous wars, or a flag commemorating the (far more numerous) foreign victims of same (2,000 American MIAs vs. over 300,000 Vietnamese).


A memorial is fine: but constantly….?

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Dig into the accumulated wisdom of decades of creative protest in a volume that fits in your pocket as you head to the streets: Beautiful Trouble Pocket Edition Available Now!

Dig into the accumulated wisdom of decades of creative protest in a volume that fits in your pocket as you head to the streets: Beautiful Trouble Pocket Edition Available Now!

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CUNY Publishing Institute, June 3-7, NYC

Hosted by the CUNY Grad School of Journalism; directed by OR’s very own co-publisher, John Oakes: check it out. Short, sweet, and intense. Turning out the Alfred A. Knopfs and Barney Rossets of the 22nd century!

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Autopilot!
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"This one’s a must have for fans of shagging, fighting and literature."

Dazed and Confused is a fan of our upcoming Hemingway Lives!

(Yes, the exclamation point is part of the title.)

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This month we’re publishing Hacking Politics, which details the anti-SOPA movement, and includes an oral history of how geeks, progressives, the tea party, gamers, anarchists, and suits defeated special interests and saved the internet. Along with the book, we’re launching a web and mobile-friendly version of the oral history (Hacking Politics: TLDR), which you can check out here. It’s beautiful. We recommend it.

This month we’re publishing Hacking Politics, which details the anti-SOPA movement, and includes an oral history of how geeks, progressives, the tea party, gamers, anarchists, and suits defeated special interests and saved the internet. Along with the book, we’re launching a web and mobile-friendly version of the oral history (Hacking Politics: TLDR), which you can check out here. It’s beautiful. We recommend it.

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