Three early stories of myth, regime, and harlotry by the acclaimed author of The Flamethrowers. An explorer’s whereabouts keeps a queen in waiting; a faith healer’s illegal radio broadcasts give hope to an oppressed people; a president’s offer of ice cream surprises a prostitute expecting to cooperate fully ― the three short fictions gathered in The Great Exception build into a vision of Cuba that is black-humored, brutal, and beautiful. Written prior to the publication of Rachel Kushner’s first acclaimed novel Telex From Cuba, these stories, like Roberto Bolano’s Antwerp, burst forth with the genesis of her fictional universe as though fired from a cannon. From the mythical title story, to the ominous “Debouchment” ― originally published in her too short-lived journal Soft Targets ― to the sexy and noirish “Strange Case of Rachel K,” this is Kushner saddling up for a journey into the wilds of the modern novel.

Product Description: The year is 1975 and Reno―so-called because of the place of her birth―has come to New York intent on turning her fascination with motorcycles and speed into art. Her arrival coincides with an explosion of activity in the art world―artists have colonized a deserted and industrial SoHo, are staging actions in the East Village, and are blurring the line between life and art...read more

Product Description: Rachel Kushner's mother grew up in Cuba in the 1950s, in the United Fruit Company enclave where Telex from Cuba takes place. Calling on a rich trove of family letters, photos, meticulously kept journals, and historical research, Kushner sets free her brilliant imagination in this profoundly resonant story of a world that was paradise for a time and for a few...read more

Product Description: This first monograph on Los Angeles painter David Korty--who is represented in LA by Michael Kohn Gallery and in London by Sadie Coles, HQ--features works from 2000 to 2008. Artforum described the work's "woozy atmospherics" as both "calming" and "hallucinogenic".

Product Description: When Soft Targets launched its first issue in 2006, The New York Times, Artforum and other major cultural media covered its debut, calling this "excellent Brooklyn-based journal" of poetry, artwork, theory, short fiction, sound and other ephemera "impressive, substantial, and wide ranging...read more

Product Description: The titles of Aidas Bareikis's prodigiously disastrous installations say it all: Glad to hear from you, Silence Before the Curve, Fallout Bliss / Deserted in the Blink of An Eye, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Be Right Back Again / In Space Nobody Hears you Scream, Soft Defect, Embarkation for Cythera, and The Trilogy of Abstraction--Yellow Peril / Friendly Fire...read more

Product Description: A superluminary in the world of Japanese manga, anime and video games, Yoshitaka Amano has recently turned to sumi-e, a 700-year-old practice of monochrome ink painting that, until now, has had a rigid set of leitmotifs. Not so in Amano's contemporary hands, which pinpoint body parts from the world of Princess Mononoke and Akira and render them in wordless detail...read more