My friend Steve, the publisher of the Hamtramck-based zine, Stupor, read from his new book, at the Shadow Art Fair on Saturday. Here’s a little taste… Those who are interested can buy copies of the book, which was made possible by the generous support of the Kresge Foundation, here. And, for those of you who […]
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Steve Hughes, interrupting Dabenport, telling dirty stories collected in bars
Posted in Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Ypsilanti Also tagged Dabenport, interruptions, Kresge Foundation, Mark's favorite authors, porn, sex with landlords, Steve Hughes, Stupor 5 Comments
Introducing “Stupor”… the book
Two of my best friends are releasing books this week, and, in spite of the all-consuming jealousy that’s overtaken me, I’ve decided to help them promote their works here. The first book that I’d like to tell you about is by my blog-hijacking friend Steve Hughes, the publisher of the often recalled zine Stupor. Here’s […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Detroit, Dreamland Tonight, Shadow Art Fair, Uncategorized Also tagged A Hole for Brains and Candy, animal cruelty, animal torture, Art X, bed shitting, Book Beat, creative writing, Dances with Wolves, DIA, disappointment, do it yourself, drunkenness, dumb luck, flopping dicks, free beer, friends who do cooler stuff that I do, friends with books, Hamtramck, I'm a Spy, infidelity, jealousy, Jeff Kay, Jeff Kelly, Kresge Foundation, Kresge literary arts fellowship, Leopold's Books, Linette, Lynn Crawford, Mark's favorite authors, Microcosm, MOCAD, pant shitting, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Printed Matter, Public Pool, Quimby's, references to Mark's fat ass, self-publishing, Simply Separate People Two, Steve Hughes, Stupor, Temp Slave, Thomson Shore, West Virginia Surf Report, zine friends, zines 4 Comments
J.D. Salinger and Howard Zinn run off that crazy cliff
“Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around — nobody big, I mean — except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if […]
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Observations, Other Also tagged A People's History of the United States, another famous person has died, Canada, Catcher in the Rye, Civil War, Cornish, Disney, execution of mutineers, famous recluses, friends of Matt Damon's who have died, George Washington, hate radio, Holden Caufield, holy wars, Howard Zinn, Huckleberry Finn, independence from England, J.D. Salinger, Jeff Kay, Jonas Brothers, Mark Twain, Mark's favorite authors, Micahel Cera, Michael Savage, phonies, slavery, the Revolutionary War, The Suite Life of Zach and Cody, vonnegut, World War II 18 Comments