For over half-a-century, the East Village has been ground zero for bohemian and avant-garde culture in New York City. This illustrated map spotlights the writers, artists, musicians, actors, entrepreneurs and political leaders that have helped define new directions in American fine arts and popular culture. Featuring caricature portraits and accurate renderings of buildings and streets, this pictorial map makes an entertaining and educational poster. The back of the map provides addresses and an easy-to-use walking tour of the neighborhood.

The East Village, New York City: An Illustrated Map Poster Guide

Romberger, James

Cook, Marguerite Van

Ephemera Press

The 8th issue of Sensitive Skin, a journal of post-beat, pre-apocalyptic art, writing, music and whatnot, features a rare interview with William S. Burroughs, by Allen Ginsberg, from the early 90s, with previously unpublished photographs of Burroughs by Ruby Ray, as well as her photos from the original SF punk scene, including shots of X, The Dead Kennedys, and Sid Vicious. We’re also proud to present writing by: • Mike Hudson, founder and lead singer of seminal seventies punk rock band The Pagans;. • James Greer, author of the novels Artificial Light, The Failure and the non-fiction book Guided By Voices: A Brief History, a biography of a band for which he played bass guitar; • Thaddeus Rutkowski, the author of the innovative novels Haywire, Tetched and Roughhouse; • Karen Lillis (aka Karen the Small Press Librarian), author of Watch the Doors as They Close; • Chavisa Woods, whose debut collection of short stories, Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind was a Lambda Literary Award finalist; • Jim Feast, a founding member of the Unbearables writers group; • Rob Hardin, author of Distorture, winner of the Firecracker Award; • and Mark McCawley, editor of the Canadian litzine Urban Graffiti. • Todd Colby, who has published four books of poetry: Ripsnort, Cush, Riot in the Charm Factory: New and Selected Writings, and Tremble & Shine, all by Soft Skull Press. Colby has been broadcast nationally on PBS, MTV and NPR for Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac. Plus music from: • contemporary jazz combo The New Monsters, featuring Steve Horowitz, Dan Plonsey, Scott Looney, Steve Adams and Jim Bove. And artwork from: • Tom McGlynn, whose work is represented the Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. • Justine Frischmann, former front woman and guitarist for iconic ’90s brit-pop band Elastica • James Romberger, artist for the critically acclaimed Seven Miles A Second, in collaboration with David Wojnarowicz. Plus more fiction, poetry, photographs and illustrations from Ray Jicha, Su Byron, Jennifer Adams, David West, Les Bridges, Chris Bava, Jeff Spirer, Charlie Homo, Cédric Monot, Kym Ghee, Ted Barron and Marcin Owczarek. Sensitive Skin magazine began as a print venture from New York’s Lower East Side in the 1990s, and published such literary luminaries as Richard Hell, Jack Micheline, Penny Arcade, Eileen Myles, Lynne Tillman, Patrick McGrath, Bob Holman, Maggie Estep, Emily XYZ, Herbert Huncke and Joel Rose, with art by Andres Serrano, Ari Marcopolis, Andrew Castrucci and James Romberger, to name but a few…. Sensitive Skin was reborn in the summer of 2010, and has already presented work by such esteemed artists as Justine Frischmann (Elastica), Craig Clevenger (The Contortionist’s Handbook), Darius James (Negrophobia), Stewart Home (Pure Mania), Michael A. Gonzales (Vibe magazine regular), Drew Hubner (American By Blood), Jonathan Shaw (Narcissa), Melissa Febos (Whip Smart), Max Blagg (Bald Ego), Patricia Eakins (The Hungry Girls), Díre McCain (publisher, Paraphilia Magazine), Rob Roberge (Working Backwards from the Worst Moment of My Life), Kurt Wolf (Pussy Galore), Erika Schickel (You’re Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom), John S. Hall (King Missile), Kevin Rafferty (Atomic Café), and downtown NYC avant-garde music legend Elliott Sharp.

Sensitive Skin #8

Literature & Fiction

Woods, Chavisa

Hudson, Mike

Greer, James

Kold, B.

Feast, Jim

Lessard, William

Bridges, Les

Hardin, Rob

McCawley, Mark

Contemporary

Sensitive Skin Books

Literary writer Martin Keane’s life takes a deadly turn when his wife suddenly disappears without a trace.
Martin Keane has a police officer father he can barely stand — and his latest book has received scathing reviews. Then, just as Keane is starting on a new book he hopes will help him work through his family issues, Martin’s wife suddenly disappears without a trace. And as people start to suspect that Martin might be responsible, he senses there’s more going on than meets the eye. He’s sure there are clues to her abduction that he’s overlooking, ones which can perhaps be found in the novel he’s obsessively writing. As Keane and his father investigate the disappearance, he’ll find the truth is much more shocking than he thought in a twist no one could ever see coming.

The Bronx Kill (Vertigo Crime)

Comics & Graphic Novels

Milligan, Peter

Graphic Novels

Vertigo

Set in New York City after the melting of the polar ice caps, an independent loner along with his cat and only friend navigates the flooded city as he tries to live another day. Each morning he sails in search of food, crossing paths with others from this makeshift community - from outsiders like himself to the depraved and ruthless elite - all struggling to maintain a sense of normalcy in a city drowned in its past. But everything changes when he encounters both a mysterious woman and a trapped blue whale. Will they be each other's salvation... or destruction?

Post York

Berger Books

7 Miles a Second is the story of legendary artist David Wojnarowicz, written during the last years before his AIDS-related death in 1992, and drawn by James Romberger with colors by Marguerite Van Cook. The graphic novel depicts Wojnarowicz's childhood of prostitution and drugs on the streets of Manhattan, through his adulthood living with AIDS, and his anger at the indifference of government and health agencies. Romberger and Van Cook's visuals give stunning life to Wojnarowicz's words, blending the gritty naturalism of Lower East Side street life with a hallucinatory, psychedelic imagination that takes perfect advantage of the comics medium.

7 Miles a Second

Biographies & Memoirs

Wojnarowicz, David

Van Cook, Marguerite

Arts & Literature

Fantagraphics Books

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