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Public Fiction #2
The Gold Rush/Manifest Destiny Issue
From the introduction: "This one is about the promise of the west, The Gold Rush, the impulse to Manifest Destiny... Over time, the materials may change but the impulse remains the same: replace gold with citrus, celebrity, space, light, and freedom. The move West stands in for ambition, an urgency to go further, make bigger, be alone against the world."
With contributions from Lisa Anne Auerbach, Scott Benzel, Andrew Berardini, Jessica Ciocci, Zoe Crosher, Victoria Dailey, Trinie Dalton, Cali DeWitt, Michael Dopp, Hedi El Kholti, Helga Fassonaki, Shannon Flaherty, Matt Fishbeck, Eve Fowler, Paul Gellman, David Hendren, Patrick Jackson, Dawn Kasper, Brian Kennon, Annie Lapin, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Anthony Lepore, Cybele Lyle, Christopher Michlig, Joel Kyack, Davida Nemeroff, Alee Peoples, Gala Porras-Kim, Ry Rocklen, Amanda Ross-Ho, Allison Schulnik, Kate Wolf, Bobbie Woods, and Eric Yahnker.

Includes a poster insert by Allen Ruppersberg, and a newsprint insert curated by Workspace.
Softcover, 9 1/4 in. x 13 in., 64 pages, b&w with monoprint color throughout, 2012.
$20

Public Fiction #1
The Church Issue
Public Fiction is a quarterly based in Los Angeles and with Los Angeles as subject. This is the church issue. Public Fiction takes form in print and space. The physical space, a storefront in Highland Park, gives a site to experiment with the topic at hand in real-time. With a Night Papers newsprint insert. Published by Textfield in Los Angeles.
Softcover, 8 in. x 10 in., 64 pages, 2 and 1 color offset printing, edition of 1000, 2011.

$12