2nd Aktion for a Dying Book Biz on the Verge of Bankruptcy: A Report I [Lisa] staged an Aktion on Wednesday January 5th, 2011 – becoming a ghostly, bandaged entity in white, roaming the streets of Manhattan in a costume created by a psychotic Austrian artist who died 42 years ago after taking one too [...]
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How to Start a Revolution (in the Library): Authors Defect from Corporate Publishing
Mischief + Mayhem co-founder Lisa Dierbeck at The PEN World Voices Festival 2011
View Post Lisa Dierbeck, World VoicesMischief & Mayhem Launch
The following was delivered at the Mischief & Mayhem launch party in NYC, November 2010. Welcome. The publishing revolution is here. The new publishing model has a name: Do It Yourself. It’s very simple to explain. Art and commerce are in a dysfunctional relationship. Commerce depends upon art—he needs her; without art, there is nothing [...]
View Post launch, Lisa DierbeckA Wanted Man – An Excerpt from The Autobiography of Jenny X
“Let’s see what we have here,” Christopher had said, poking at her things. He pulled a crumpled heap of bills out from her bag. “Seven dollars,” he said, catching her eye. “Is that all you have on you?” “Don’t tell me you need money,” Jenny said, her tone sharp. “I’m on a fixed income, you [...]
View Post Jenny X, Lisa DierbeckThe Censor who Smiled at your Book Party
The following was first delivered on April, 28, 2011. I want to talk with you about censorship and the First Amendment. Freedom of expression is under threat. Writers have been taken off guard here because this threat is new, and it is not what we expected. It’s gnawing away at literature. We are defenseless because [...]
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