Interviews
Dan Holloway, Curator Eight Cuts Gallery Press
I think indie has become a minefield. To those “in the scene” it seems to mean as many things as there are people, and to those “outside” it’s just “arty people getting precious about terms that don’t matter.” Read On
Pamela Olson on “Fast Times in Palestine”
2012 IRDA Winner Pamela Olson graduated from Stanford with a degree in physics and no idea what she wanted to do next. So she worked as a bartender and saved some cash until a friend asked her if she wanted to visit the Middle East. Once she started, she just didn’t stop. Read On
To Niche or Not To Niche: OHWOW Blurs the Lines Between Objects and Treasures
As a publisher though, OHWOW places unique emphasis on providing “books that blur the line between objects and treasures, from exhibition catalogs to specific artist pieces.” Read On
Glen Craney: Self-Pubbing Pioneer
Had I known of all the pitfalls and challenges that lay ahead, I’m not sure I would have embarked on the journey. An entire industry has been spawned to profit off of fledgling writers who crave to see their name in bold letters. Read On
Bay Area Sell Out
In pricy San Francisco, it’s hard to believe you can snap up a sassy indie lit/art zine filled with “slap happy poetry and art” for around the same price as a daily Starbucks fix. Read On
Beauty & the Book
Founded in 1994, Tara Books continue to work with artists and writers from around the world to bring their readers truly unique experiences in the marriage of content and design. Read On
Raine Miller: You Have to Want It
“When people ask me how I’ve done it I say this: ‘Writing is something you have to really want.’ You have to want it more than anything else.” Read On
5 Questions for the 2nd Indie Author To Break the Sound Barrier*
…er, whose book–The Revolution Was Televised–was reviewed by The New York Times Read On
Mark Oppenheimer on Dan Savage
I discovered that Savage has several different audiences, who don’t necessarily know each other, or know about his many lives. There are a ton of people who know him just as the guy from This American Life — they don’t even know he writes a sex column! And then there are millions who know “It Gets Better” but don’t know that he writes or does radio. Read On
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