Lapsus Calami since 2003

Ↄalamari Arↄhive is an autonomous island of misfit lit, art + music, beholden to no one. Since 2003, Ↄalamari has pushed the envelope of what language can do, publishing over 100 book + album objects (including Sleepingfish magazine + the incorporated 3rd bed + Starcherone imprints). Some of these have been 1st books by emerging writers such as Brandon Hobson, Miranda Mellis, Blake Butler + Chiara Barzini, while others have been resurrected reprints of out-of-print cult classics by established authors such as David Ohle, Garielle Lutz + Kenji Siratori. Ↄalamari Arↄhive shrugs off genre, authorship, marketability + other conventions of traditional publishing, suffice to say we revere language + the book/album format as a canvas on which to make art. No prizes, no reading fees, no bullshit, just art for art's sake.

In 2014 the entity formerly known as Calamari Press lopped off the pushy-sounding press from its name to become Ↄalamari Arↄhive, ink. The word archive more accurately reflects our organizational ambitions, incorporated (+ ink.operated) as such, as an independent collective, a curated collection. This name change represents a philosophical schism in response to a shifting publishing landscape that aggressively markets books + albums as consumer commodities, diminishing their integrity as art objects. Ↄalamari Arↄhive eschews copyrighted works (hence the backwords Ↄs) + encourages posthumanistic + anon/pseudonymous works, with an emphasis more on the art itself than on the humans making it. This post provides a nuts + bolts account of how we operate.

Proposals for full-length books or albums are being considered. If you're not familiar with Ↄalamari Arↄhive then please check out the catalog, there's lots of stuff freely available online. Authors + artists from diverse + marginalized backgrounds are encouraged to send work. Email to: submission.

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