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LA - Christopher Finch Book Event (05.17.08)

NYC - "Dark Prospects" (05.17.08)

Dark Prospects
By Charles Beronio

Published by Printed Matter

Book Launch
Saturday, May 17, 2008, 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Printed Matter, Inc. is pleased to announce a launch for Charles Beronio’s Dark Prospects, an artist book taking the form of a tabloid magazine that breaks down and ultimately subverts the magazine’s personality and fields of corporate communication through a process of redaction. This is the latest installment in Printed Matter’s artists’ book publishing series. The launch will take place on Saturday, May 17, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. Printed Matter is located at 195 Tenth Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Street) in New York City.

Chicago - "Peel: The Art of the Sticker" (05.16.08 - ?)

NYC - 'Enclosure Exposure: Data Protection Patterning' Book Event (05.10.08)

Enclosure Exposure:
Data Protection Patterning

By Elizabeth Duffy and Purgatory Pie Press

Book Launch

Saturday, May 10, 2008, 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Printed Matter, Inc. is pleased to announce a launch for Enclosure Exposure: Data Protection Patterning by Elizabeth Duffy. This is the latest publication by Purgatory Pie Press, a New York based press devoted to letterpress and handmade publications. The launch will take place on Saturday, May 10, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. Printed Matter is located at 195 Tenth Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Street) in New York City.

Purgatory Pie Press and the artist Elizabeth Duffy have collaborated on Enclosure Exposure a book that utilizes as source material everyday ephemeral patterns, specifically the interior security patterns of envelopes and the visual language of analog mail. The result is a page-turner of overlapping patterns and forms. Purgatory and Duffy culled patterns from their junk mail to create this paean to the quotidian.

LA - "Reading" (05.10.08)

Reading
(a Reading)
with Susan Gevirtz and Steve Dickison
Saturday, May 10 at 7:30pm

I have been able to catch up on some reading lately. Finished __________ by __________–I really like it but __________ does get a bit technical in talking about the brain and how it functions in the role of the emotion life. Have had the Winter 2007 issue of __________ sitting around to finish–title is “__________.” It is about the rise, of __________–one article talks about “monastic groupies,” people who connected themselves to a monastery, practiced some of the disciplines but lived outside in the world. I have tended to go to different monasteries, three I think at this point but was a regular at a retreat center for about a year.

Also Just finished reading __________ on “__________.” They have excellent material in that __________, maybe I need to re-subscribe? Of course, I have had this one lying around for 6 months and only now finished it. One article talked about the problem of __________ and how so many __________.

I am moving slowly through __________ but hope I can sustain my concentration enough to finish it this time–likely will take a few months. Re-reading __________ and the book that __________ says had a significant impact on him (in the __________ I just finished). I should finish __________ by the __________ of my recently completed _________–hmmm, if I am saying should, that is not a good sign. Also have a couple of chapters to finish in __________–that is one that started out very promising but couldn’t sustain itself and so I put it aside–maybe having two __________ to finish had something to do with it. What is next? A couple on my desk that I am looking at longingly—__________ by__________, __________ by __________and __________by __________. I do want to head back and finish __________ that I started last summer.

Brooklyn - Eddie Martinez and Chuck Webster Book Event (05.07.08)

Brooklyn - The Fourth Annual powerHouse Portfolio Review (05.04.08)

powerHouse Books presents

The Fourth Annual powerHouse Portfolio Review

Sunday, May 4, 2008
10:30am-5:30pm
The powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn

The premier conceptual publisher of art photography books and innovative illustrated books hosts its fourth annual Portfolio Review.

LA - 'Lost Ten Years' Book Event (05.03.08 - 05.24.08)

NYC - Jonathan Lethem and DJ Spooky Book Event (05.02.08)

Jonathan Lethem, author of You Don't Love Me Yet (Vintage)
Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky, author of Sound Unbound (MIT Press)

Friday, May 2, 7 PM

Two consummate authors of music, language, and culture join forces! Jonathan Lethem (author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude) reads from his novel You Don't Love Me Yet, now out in paperback, which sends up the L.A. alternative band scene with a story of overnight fame based on (sort of) stolen lyrics. Conceptual artist, writer and musician Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, presents his book Sound Unbound, a meditation by various artists (including Lethem) on the remix: how music, art, and literature have blurred the lines between what an artist can do and what a composer can create. Join us for an evening of great art and entertainment as well as serious discussion about cross-pollination between artists and genres.

Unless otherwise indicated, all events are free and open to the public - first come, first served. McNally Robinson Booksellers is located at 52 Prince Street between Lafayette and Mulberry. Closest subways are 6 to Spring, R to Prince, or B/D/F/V to Broadway/Lafayette.

NYC - "Mister Lonely" Book Event (05.01.08)