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2020. April Post from USA.

Thanks Ed Giecek from Concrete, WA (USA) for a wonderful gift. A decorated postal envelope, a hand-drawn miniature, and lots of things for my collages.…

Thanks Ed Giecek!

The magazine Art in America includes a feature on asemic writing in it's May 2020 issue.

The article is "The Asemic Effect" by David Ebony and includes work by Cecil Touchan (IUOMA member); Scott Helmes (longtime visual poet); Federico Federici (visual poet); and Rosaire Appel (well-known asemic writer). 

Books by Michael Jacobson's Post-Asemic Press are highlighted. Michael is curator of The New Post-Literates, A Gallery of Asemic Writing.

The article…

From top down. LEFT: Richard Canard (fab trashpo he sent!); James Chester (from 2019, it's a favorite); Nadine Wendell-Mojica. MIDDLE: Jorge Martin (a real beauty); David Stafford ("Concerto for Three Hands"); Heide Monster (2). RIGHT: Ficus (2) (love the notes too); Jay Block (unique, and the Post Office helped, I think). Thank you for these…

From top down, LEFT: Nadine Wendell-Mojica (2); Erni Bar; Heide Monster (2). MIDDLE: Mail Art Martha; Debra Mulnick (2). RIGHT: Carien van Hest (2); David Stafford (2). Oh Dave, you look so worried... Thank you very much, my friends. I love it…

#GhostClub and other stuff from the past few days. Stay safe, my friends. 

A wonderfully layered collage from Yayoi. Yayoi, the envelope you sent is postmarked may 4th and it arrived on the 13th. Seems pretty fast all things considered.



Two fun mini-zines from Bonniediva. Especially loved…

Here are a few of the wonderful amazine hand-stamped (with some hand-made stamps, too) zine pages William sent me! I love little zines like this, especially when I'm not expected to Add anything to them (LOL). He also…

From Esther Artizta

From Tony Hanner

From William Melott…

From enchanting David Stafford...

Staying "cool" under thick tree...red attack?…

Perhaps sent for Easter? in early April?

arrived 11 May 2020, but fun to see! Celebrate!…

What a great collection of stickers!

Sunny mellow yellow from Florida,

with a touch-of-BLUE! 

Lovely postage, out-of-this-world, too:…

Thanks to Henry Denander. Let your music play! The drawing is made by hand, on the reverse side - an imprint and the author's postage stamp. …

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NOR EL SHERIF AND 100 EGYPTIAN  MOVEI 

In April, I received an envelope from Samantha Price... With what trepidation I accept this gift! For me, it was great happiness to meet Samantha in absentia. My condolences to her family and friends.