John Madera

Most Anticipated Small Press Releases: June 2021

Happy Bloomsday! And how fitting it is to post a feature on small press books on a day commemorating and…

Happy birthday, Federico García Lorca! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Only mystery allows us to live,…

Happy birthday, Allen Ginsberg! Here are some quotes from his writing: “You say what you want to say…

Happy birthday, John Barth! 91, today! Here are some quotes from the author: “Self-knowledge is always bad news.”…

Happy birthday, Miles Davis! Here are some quotes from the musician. “Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not…

Happy birthday, Bob Dylan! 80, today! Lucky to have seen this trickster and consummate artist perform live many times…

Happy Arrival Day, Sun Ra! Here are some quotes from the composer and musician. “I think of myself…

Happy birthday, Lucie Brock-Broido! Here are some quotes from the poet. “I, abstract, adoring, distant / And unsalvageable.”…

Happy birthday, Joseph Beuys! Here are some quotes from the artist. “I think art is the only political…

Happy birthday, Stanley Elkin! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews: “Make a thing that never…