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Esopus 23 features artists' projects by Karo Akpokiere, Chuck Kelton, Stefan Kürten, Marilyn Minter, Mickalene Thomas and Jody Wood. Other contents include an essay by Karl Ove Knausgaard (presented as a removable book); 100 frames from Lotte Reininger's 1926 animation The Adventures of Prince Achmed introduced by John Canemaker; two film treatments by screenwriter Hampton Fancher (Blade Runner), based on Esopus subscribers' submissions; anonymous photographs from the collection of Peter Cohen; materials from MoMA's archives on events and installations in the Museum's garden over the past 60 years; a piece on the creative process behind the survivalist game The Long Dark; a new installment of a regular series, Guarded Opinions, for which guards from the Barnes Foundation discuss works they oversee; a comic book by George Cochrane; and a CD of new music inspired by close calls experienced by 15 musicians, including Jo Lawry, YC the Cynic and Lemolo.

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An irreverent artist's book on the exclusivity of commercial art galleriesArt books generally depict pieces of art, and art is generally shown in galleries. For his new artist''s book, Tod Lippy (born 1963), founder of the nonprofit arts publication ESOPUS, flips the script. Private displays photographs of art galleries that Lippy has taken over the past several years. Crucially, these photographs are not of the art housed in said galleries but of the areas that are marked off-limits to visitors. These areas are indeed private, and the book's title ripples throughout the 66-page volume to incantatory effect. Without trespassing, Lippy gestures toward the banal, if not insidious, forces behind the artworks on display: commerce and bureaucracy. His cropped photographs strip the galleries of identifying information, coalescing into an expanse of gatekeeping white space. After the procession of images, Ed Park, author of Same Bed, Different Dreams (

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Through 15 additional stories on the Hudson River Valley and Catskills, this fascinating and spooky follow-up explores the area's history and folklore. Picking up where the first volume of Hudson Valley History & Mystery left off, readers will learn little-known tales about heroic battles, famous individuals, mysterious creatures, and paranormal happenings. Helpful "Getting There" sections provide detailed directions and coordinates to each site. Featured stories include 1. Hudson River Monsters, Cryptids, and Other Creatures 2. Anne Hutchinson & Split Rock 3. The Battle of White Plains 4. Spook Rock of Sleepy Hollow 5. High Tor 6. “Mad Anthony” & the Battle of Stony Point 7. The Leatherman 8. Doodletown 9. The Lost Silver Mine of the Hudson Highlands 10. Seven Wells 11. Esopus Island 12. Martin Van Buren’s Lindenwald 13. Cohoes Falls 14. Panthers in the Catskills 15. Fawn’s Leap Written by a lifelong resident, the well-researched content in these two volumes provides an ideal guide for exploring a region that is booming in popularity.

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The Beaverkill, Willowemoc, Neversink, Esopus, Schoharie, and Delaware-the rivers of angling pioneers Thaddeus Norris, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, Theodore Gordon, and many others-are celebrated in this gorgeous book of photographs and text. In three major sections, Land of Little Rivers presents historical and physical profiles of the rivers; classic rods, reels, and flies; and engaging stories of the people, events, and developments that constitute the Catskill fly-fishing tradition. Author Austin McK. Francis, noted angling historian and biographer and acknowledged authority on the history of Catskill fly fishing, has a home in the Catskill Mountains and has fished there for more than thirty-five years. Famed photographer and avid fly fisher Enrico Ferorelli, a regular contributor to National Geographic and Smithsonian magazines, spent five months creating the most evocative portfolio of photos ever made of these historic rivers. Together they have produced an exquisite, museum-quality work, one that captures magnificently the beauty and passion so central to the sport Izaak Walton called "the gentle art."

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Catskill Rivers is the story of the “birthplace of the American fly fishing.” Readers will discover this birthplace in such hallowed trout streams as the Beaverkill, the Willowemoc, the Neversink, the Delaware, the Esopus, and the Schoharie. While originally published in 1983, Catskill Rivers remains the definitive study of these fabled waters and the remarkable people who created the American fly-fishing tradition.Painstakingly researched and imaginatively told, readers will also get an unforgettable survey of the early river industries, including rafting, sawmills, tanneries, and wood-acid factories, as well as at the early days on these classic trout waters, where George LaBranche, in Sparse Gray Hackle’s words, “adapted the dry fly to fast water and started an angling revolution.” Along with numerous historical glimpses into the many sociological forces surrounding the Catskill Rivers, readers will see many early, famous flyfishers take to these waters, including “Uncle Thad” Norris, Seth Green, Theodore Gordon, Herman Christian, Roy Steenrod, Sparse Gray Hackle, and many more.This historically accurate and beautifully written glance back into the early days of the Catskill Rivers will have both fishermen and nonfishermen wanting even more.Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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