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criticism

  • Small Press

    Penny-Ante Editions

    by Entropy May 19, 2015

    I’ve never wanted to outwardly define Penny-Ante beyond the obvious: “Penny-Ante is a book publisher and an art-based project company.” It’s fairly simple. The press acts in earnest to develop projects we feel deserve an audience. I don’t think a further directive would do any service to the authors. All our authors are independent thinkers and unique personalities who speak boldly for their oeuvre; one of many reasons the press serves their efforts.

  • Small Press

    Semiotext(e)

    by Entropy February 17, 2015

    Sylvère Lotringer started Semiotext(e) with a group of friends and grad students at Columbia University in 1974. It quickly evolved from a journal of semiotic theory to a popular magazine, juxtaposing high theory and underground culture, after the publication of the “Schizo-Culture” issue in 1978. The issue brought together artists and thinkers as diverse as Gilles Deleuze, Kathy Acker, John Cage, Michel Foucault, Jack Smith, William Burroughs, and Lee Breuer.

  • Small Press

    Boss Fight Books

    by Entropy January 16, 2015

    On one hand, these books are serious bizness and holy shit is it a lot of work. On the other, I enjoy a feeling like I’m getting away with something, publishing book about video games—as if some real adult is going to pop into my life and say, “Okay, Durham, fun’s over.” It hasn’t happened yet.