Corrected Proofs, Previously Unpublished, Uncollected, Unwanted

Revenge publishing? A new genre? Or has it been around since writers first put pen to paper? Isnt all writing to some degree a means to avenge an oversight or a rejection, intending to set the record straight? A number of pieces in this collection which were commissioned, accepted, and paid for, never appeared for one reason or another, whether devious or common: books dont always cross the finish line. Years go by. Patience evaporates. Corrected Proofs aims to seek remedy.

In addition to previously unpublished pieces, a number of essays and interviews were written specially for this collection: on Lutz Bacher and Charles Ray, with Arnold J. Kemp. There are heroes and villains, from the assassins John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald, to Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Cady Noland and Steven Parrino. Here the reader encounters usual suspects in unexpected contextMarcel Duchamp, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warholand artists recently rediscoveredBob Smith and Stephen Varblealongside Lee Lozano, the January 6 insurrection, and The Fall.