Conversations on Self-Publishing (Part 2)

6. Notes on Subway Psychics, Magali Duzant

The Moon and Stars Can Be Yours is a pocket-sized guide to modern mysticism by way of the New York City subway system. This collection of writing and photography by Magali Duzant includes a short history of psychics in our popular imagination and more than a dozen vignettes about her foray into new age beliefs, alongside a curious collection of artifacts and archival images from the New York Public Library Picture Collection.

7. Violet Papers

The first “What’s Inside” issue touches upon our era where the digital arena is dedicated to letting people in, provoking the ways  of oversharing and parasocial relationships. As history has proven: the true allure lies in the stories of the Other. 

8. The Jet Age Compendium: Paolozzi at Ambit

Gorillas, guns, robots and sex are at the heart of Eduardo Paolozzi's work for the innovative British literary magazine Ambit. From 1967 onwards, the artist used its pages for some of his most experimental and innovative creations, pushing at the boundary between text and image. Collages, visual essays and fragments from novels, drawing on pop culture images from newspapers, magazines and advertisements.  

9. Burst

In the 1990s, Japan witnessed the rise of a robust underground punk movement that challenged the nation's conservative societal norms. During this transformative period, Burst Magazine emerged as a seminal publication, documenting the subcultural shifts and providing a platform for voices that were otherwise marginalised.

10. Vandal Squad

In Vandal Squad: Inside the New York City Transit Police Department, 1984-2004, former member Officer Joseph Rivera recounts the days and nights spent in pursuit of some of New York City’s most notorious vandals. The only book on graffiti told from the perspective of law enforcement, Vandal Squad takes us inside the New York Police Department. Rivera’s fast-paced tales of cat and mouse are presented alongside professional disregard within the Department. Featuring never-before-seen photographs and stories of graffiti’s infamous Top 40, Vandal Squad offers an unprecedented look at the graffiti world from the other side of the game.