In 1975, more than a decade into a career that would establish him as one of the most innovative children’s book authors of his time, artist and illustrator Ed Emberley followed the gothic woodcuts of his previous book, Suppose You Met a Witch, with a complete left turn: the story of a prince turned into … Continued

Since 2019, graphic novelist Brian Blomerth’s stunningly original comix histories have combined detailed research and riotous visual wit to illuminate the discovery of LSD (Bicycle Day) and the popularization of psilocybin mushrooms (Mycelium Wassonii). Now, in the third entry, Blomerth opens a porthole on the life, experiments, and addictions of John C. Lilly—the man whose … Continued

In 2004, well before the advent of social media as a global phenomenon, photographer Patrick O’Dell launched the celebrated blog Epicly Later’d. The site quickly distinguished itself with its offhand wit, its irreverent cast of characters, and a diaristic format years ahead of its time—and two decades later, the photographs still astonish. Featuring an interview … Continued

Reissued for the first time in decades, an underground classic of street photography documenting San Francisco’s late 1970s Halloween celebrations: the macabre and irreverent “Mardi Gras of the West.” Originally published in limited quantities in 1981, HALLOWEEN collects photographs taken by Ken Werner at San Francisco’s adult Halloween celebrations from 1976 to 1980, assembling a … Continued

It isn’t often that we get to bring a book this unique into the world, but today we are unbelievably proud to introduce this dreamlike exploration of intimacies and memory rendered in powerful photographs and lyrical texts. For decades, photographer and poet Kate Sterlin has made an artistic practice of examining the boundaries between individual, … Continued

We’re delighted to announce The Beautiful Flower Is the World is back in print for its five year anniversary! Originally published in 2019, artist and legendary skateboarder Jerry Hsu’s book is an unerringly creative and endlessly clever photographic chronicle of the deep ironies of our modern world, documenting Hsu’s journeys through the high and low … Continued

Over the past decade, artist Emma Kohlmann has harnessed the expressive possibilities of watercolor to develop an astonishing and intimate practice. In the resounding fluidity of her paintings, Kohlmann maps the lineaments and concavities of embodied moments with exquisite sensitivity, celebrating a sensuality freed from analysis and disabusing gender and the human body of their … Continued

We are truly humbled to be releasing Travels Over Feeling, a landmark publication celebrating the life and work of Arthur Russell assembled by critically-acclaimed writer Richard King and published with Faber & Faber in the UK. The book collects the extensive ephemera found in Russell’s New York Public Library archive, along with pieces from the … Continued

The story of the legendary Swedish psych rock band Träd, Gräs och Stenar is also a defining story of alternative culture. Across multiple incarnations, the musicians of this iconic group (whose name translates to “Trees, Grass and Stones”) have drawn on their roots in jazz and the avant-garde, the iconoclastic art and theater of the … Continued

“This book, like the art practice it documents, is a testament to possibilities, but it is also a reassurance: even if, despite the overwhelming odds, the aliens do not exist among the star fields of the cosmos, they have found a home in the works of Ken Grimes.” – Seth Shostak (Senior Astronomer, SETI) The … Continued