Effective October 15, 2009, Destructible Heart Press is shutting down publishing operations. Gourmet Books and Adam's new artist's book imprint, Books for Books, will continue, as will the Treehouse reading series. We're thinking of this as a hibernation, and hope to reappear in ten years, with books that will make ours look lame by comparison ( Read more... )

I believe I'm leaving New Mexico in two (2) years. During my time remaining here I will seek to accomplish the following:

- Get freelance career healthy. Transition away from production into strictly providing digital files.
- Determine the future of Destructible Heart Press.
- Ensure An Underground Guide to ABQ will run without me ( Read more... )

Today marks the beginning of our Facebook-led fundraising campaign. If you have a FB account (and if you're reading this, you probably do) and haven't added the Heart Fan Page, we encourage you to. And of course, if you have, and know people who'd be into what we do, we ask you to pass on the link ( Read more... )

Today I needed to reread this poem. I hope that if you read it, you did, too ( Read more... )

…while chopping wood in Vermont! It's charming, homey, funny, and sincere. And awesome.

If you like the review, go to YouTube and favorite the video! Every vote helps Tarapaulin Sky & Destructible Heart. (Please repost to your lj if you like it, too.)

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there's gonna be a new open mic in town, which means as soon as psyches_task and i get it named, we're gonna need to advertise it. and one of the cheapest and most striking ways to do that is to screen-print our posters. i just ordered a beginner's kit, complete with instructional DVD, for less than you'd think. i'm stoked. and John Kofonow's already given his ( Read more... )

for two weeks. i'll be available by phone and email, primarily, but expect to see me crop up here and there (here and the Press's MySpace) to see how things are going.

one important announcement:

All orders in the D. Heart Store will be put on hold until February 4. The PayPal buttons will not be frozen, so if you buy something during that time, ( Read more... )

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The Soft Hells, poems by slomosexual, aka poems by Matthew John Conley, is now available in its Second Edition.

Pick up yours today!

(make that an End of the Year Thank You card)

something witty? something vulgar? intense? simple? well-wishing and that's it?

i'm working on the DHP holiday card (for our customers) and i'm kinda drawing a blank.

see icon.

( first drafts of front/back under cut )