This is the third time I have put this book together. Much of this work feels like the product of a much younger me, but I have love for this book all the same. It’s the reason I founded nonpress, and without nonpress I’m not sure how happy I’d be with disproductions as a whole. Please enjoy the work herein and please don’t avoid checking out the other nonpress titles.
Yours,
phm
26 November 2010
I put this book together for friends and family near the end of 2008. I had no desire to submit it anywhere for publication because I see the downturn in publishing as a positive thing, and so self-publishing a collection for friends and family made perfect sense; it’s almost the future of the “industry” or lack thereof. Though I may not always be underground, I will always believe in the do-it-yourself spirit and the limitless power of community. So much have such principles accomplished just in my short lifetime that I feel these will be the principles the new society is founded on. This is the cream of my crop from the last four years roughly, published and unpublished. If you are holding this in your hands that probably means we know each other or that you have an interest in me, and for that reason if no other (a lack of confidence in my abilities keeps me able to improve on a daily basis) I know you will enjoy this little collection. I’ve put it up for sale in case you need another copy and can’t get in touch with me, the cost is sure to be as low as it can be, while still letting me get a couple dimes for my collections hat. I’m always starting from scratch. I don’t know what I’m doing anymore. But I love you.
Thanks, Paul
1 December 2008