Go Ahead & Like It (Ten Speed Press)
An artistic, smart self-help book that prompts and inspires readers to write lists of things they like--a simple yet profound way to collect and remember the good in daily life.
This scrapbook-style art book is an invitation to write lists of things you like: small things that bring delight, intriguing things that excite, and meaningful things that make every day special. It's a how-to guide, writing prompt, model for self-discovery, and beautiful inspiration for daily gratitude, with poet Jacqueline Suskin's personal lists intertwined with photographs, illustrations, and instruction. It's a self-help book for people who might not be drawn to standard self-help, and it's creative thinking for people who might not identify themselves as creative thinkers (What does it mean to "like" something in today's digital age, anyways?). Above all, it presents a simple, dependable method to notice the good that's all around us--even in a traffic jam or waiting in line--so we can inhabit our world more fully and smile more in the process.
Jacqueline Suskin is best known through her work with Poem Store, a public performance project in which she composes custom verses on a manual typewriter in exchange for donations. She and her typewriter have been featured on the front page of the Los Angeles Times, in the New York Times, at SFMoMA, and at Los Angeles Contemporary, bringing poetry to the general public in an intimate, immediate, and accessible way.
Mandy Kahn is author of the poetry collection Math, Heaven, Time and is co-author of the nonfiction book Collage Culture: Examining the 21st Century's Identity Crisis. She collaborates with composers to create works that feature poetry in tandem with classical music and has had readings and signings at Colette (Paris), Motto (Berlin), Shoreditch House (London), Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco), Printed Matter (New York) and Art Center College of Design (Pasadena).
SKYLIT: Mansoor Adayfi, ”DON‘T FORGET US HERE” w/ Antonio Aiello
SKYLIT: Jake Jabbour, ”TRAINING TO BE MYSELF”
SKYLIT: Erin Osmon, ”JOHN PRINE (33 1/3)” w/ Steven Hyden
SKYLIT: Melissa Lozada-Oliva, ”DREAMING OF YOU”
SKYLIT: Sebastian Moya, ”BLUETO”
SKYLIT: Beth Gilstrap, ”DEADHEADING” w/ Steph Post
SKYLIT: Jonathan Alexander, ”STROKE BOOK”/”BULLIED” w/ Julietta Singh
SKYLIT: Christian James Madsen, ”TO THE TORCHES” w/ Elaine Madsen
SKYLIT: Savannah Johnston, ”RITES” w/ Addie Tsai
SKYLIT: Susanna Newbury, ”THE SPECULATIVE CITY” w/ Cole Akers
SKYLIT: Malia Márquez, ”THIS FIERCE BLOOD” w/ Michael Zapata
SKYLIT: Janice Lee & Gabrielle Civil
SKYLIT: Maria Amparo Escandon, ”L.A. Weather”
SKYLIT: Cass Sunstein, ”SLUDGE”
SKYLIT: Pornsak Pichetshote, ”THE GOOD ASIAN”
SKYLIT: August McLaughlin & Jamila Dawson, ”WITH PLEASURE”
SKYLIT: Tanya Ko Hong, ”THE WAR STILL WITHIN”
SKYLIT: Ramy Youssef w/ Lance Morgan
SKYLIT: Shy Watson, ”HORROR VACUI”
SKYLIT: Tracy Swinton Bailey, ”FOREVER FREE”
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