We want to be troubled and inspired by the work. If there is anything explicitly outside our aesthetic, it is work that does not trouble us. We also want to be challenged by the distinct and diverse aesthetics of the various editors working together in this collective press.
Letter Machine Editions started as a conversation between Noah Eli Gordon and me in Denver. We were sitting at the bar at City O City, and we were talking about the great small presses that our friends run—Octopus Books, Ugly Duckling Presse, Action Books—and others. Then we started discussing what we’d publish if we ran a press. Before the end of the night that “if” became a “when,” I think—and then it was just a matter of time and energy and money and follow-through.
Lords of Waterdeep by Peter Lee and Rodney Thompson Wizards of the Coast, 2012 Wizards of the Coast / Amazon / iOS The following conversation took place between Entropy editor Byron…
Carla Billitteri: Regarde! James Wagner: !! Carla Billitteri: Silly, isn’t it? This is me–by way of a friend archivist–travelling back in time. The best image–the image that made me…