Spring is finally stirring 🤍

Nobody has any idea what time it actually is…and everyone with two legs has covid. Fun times on the farm.

Pictured are 3 DVDs: a double feature of both versions of Footloose, the cover of each showing the characters dancing behind the movie neon font title; Batman Year One, with the Caped Crusader flying in through his own black silhouette-like bat symbol; Angels in America, the two-part HBO production of Tony Kushner's acclaimed play about life in the United States during the AIDS epidemic.

The covers of 3 biographies. From left to right: James Wong Howe, The Camera Eye, about the legendary cinematographer; Jim Henson, The Biography, by Brian Jay Jones, the cover showing Henson in his early 40s, with Kermit the Frog perched on one shoulder and Ernie from Sesame Street standing in front of him; the cover of John Cassavetes' Lifeworks is dominated by a blue-tinged black and white photo of the filmmaker holding a 35mm film camera on his shoulder

Thank you to all who visited the store for the first time! My partner @mzspress and I appreciate it. Here are other sections you might dig:
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The covers of three books. Left to right: Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the life of a legend, about the late Sopranos actor. The cover shows Gandolfini looking shy, peering offscreen with one unobstructed eye and another that peeks out between the fingers of his right hand. CENTER: The cover of Cinema Her Way, a coffee table book by Marya E. Gates about female directors. On the cover is actress Michelle Rodriguez as the boxer heroine of Karyn Kusama's sports drama Girlfight, about a woman boxer. RIGHT David Hockney's painting collection The Arrival of Spring in Normandy, showing a painting of a verdant field. In the background of the field is green grass. in the upper foreground are the branches of a tree sprouting white, cottony buds.

A screenshot of the pre-orders section at mzs.press. Three screenshots of books that have not yet been released. I Am The Night, Daniel Dockery's book about Batman the Brave and the Bold, has a silhouette of Batman stretching from the top to the bottom of the cover, with the title of the book and a nighttime Gotham skyline circumscribed by the borders of the Batman silhouette. CENTER The cover of The Ring Cycle, Matt Zoller Seitz and Odie Henderson's book on the Rocky and Creed films. The cover is white except for a pair of black boxing gloves floating there RIGHT The cover of Documentary Now!, the 600-page, 7-pound coffee table book celebrating the aforementioned IFC Channel series parodying classic documentaries.

Screenshot of three books carried at mzs.press arts bookstore: LEFT: Cover of Lead Sister, a biography of Karen Carpenter, featuring a closeup of Carpenter playing and singing with The Carpenters. CENTER: The cover of Anthony Hopkins' We Did OK, Kid, a memoir of his life and career. On the cover is Hopkins in closeup as he looks presently, narrowed blue eyes looking directly at the spectator. RIGHT: Cover of Louis Armstrong In His Own Words, a collection of the bandleader's correspondence. The cover image is a photograph of a probably fortysomething Armstrong seated at the wooden desk in his office where he often wrote letters.

Screenshot of the covers of 3 books carried at mzs.press Arts Bookstore. LEFT: The cover of Gotham City Cocktails, a book of mixed drink recipes inspired by Batman. Art deco-style flowing border lines flow around and around the interior of the dust jacket. At the center are drawings of two tall cocktail glasses and between them, a shot glass and a tumbler with a sword-pierced cherry in it. CENTER: The cover of Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook. Green cover, white writing and graphics. The central image is a teapot with stem lines coming out of it, and at the pot's base, a teacup and saucer and a separate plate of biscuits. RIGHT: Bob's Burgers "The Re-Recipe Box," a set of recipe cards inspired by the joke hamburger names featured on the small board at the front of Bob's joint. Red sides with small graphics, cover image of the restaurant.

Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

I have a very hate/hate relationship with both money and self promotion, but alas I am a father of 2 kids and I’m disabled and on social security. Support local art.

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After a seeding round and three rounds of voting, we have our finalists: Top seed Pretty Obvious will be facing off against 3rd seed Police Are Scrambling.

A reminder of how we got here:

yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore

I feel like we need this

Donate to Franklin Emergergency, organized by Beth Hyman As another emergency strikes I’m editing an old fundraiser. Franklin collapsed yesterday while runnin… Beth Hyman needs your support for Franklin Emergergency

If you’d like to try and help save Franklin. She’s all that’s left of my heart 💔 gofund.me/ac3dc3057

The Distracted Boyfriend meme, but their heads are now: Guy - a wide-eyed cat Girlfriend - a cat tree Red dress woman - a Christmas tree

It's that time of year

Leslie’s spouse writes on Twitter that he has died. Please consider donating to his crowdfunding campaign, which will be used to help the family with funeral costs.

Goats In Coats 🚨🚨🚨I repeat GOATS IN COATS!!!

How you doin?

It's that time of year when Halloween decorations haven't all come down, and Christmas decorations are about to start going up. We're in...the Tim Burton Zone.

People should use their SNAP benefits for whatever they think they need. Both because any effort you make to micromanage purchases is inefficient and cumbersome and because people who need help aren’t obligated to perform for or satisfy others in order to eat.

With the Trump administration cutting off SNAP benefits, I think it's really time to pull together. I made a little donation to City Harvest, and if you donate to any food bank and tell me what your small problem is, I'll give you a pep talk in Monday's newsletter! (Send me your receipt too!)

lotta people saying to donate to food banks which is great, but if that’s not available to you, often they are desperate for volunteers! shifts can be short, a few hours when you’re free, doing stuff like sorting boxes, making sandwiches, or delivering meals, depending on the org

When SNAP benefits run out, 'people can die,' say health experts “People can die” from even short gaps in nutrition and food access, experts say ahead of SNAP benefits not going out in November in at least 25 states.

🚨When SNAP benefits run out, ‘people can die,’ say health experts. Even temporary food insecurity poses real risks, particularly for people with chronic disease. That represents MILLIONS of Americans w/chronic illnesses like me who DEPEND on SNAP for OUR nutrition.🚨
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Donate to Give Marcia a Chance at a Healthy Future, organized by Sharday H Marcia is a vibrant 14-year-old girl who has always loved to dance and play the flu… Sharday H needs your support for Give Marcia a Chance at a Healthy Future

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42 million Americans will stop receiving SNAP on Nov. 1, according to a new message from the USDA.

I know we can’t fix this looming SNAP loss ourselves, but I am heartened by the sheer number of people donating what they can to help their neighbors and encouraging others to do the same. So many more people want to help than want to hurt.

Yes, this, & set up a recurring donation if you can.

Cash is ALWAYS better than collecting food through drives. Food banks have deals with suppliers that enable them to stretch a dollar further than what we can buy at retail prices. They can take $5 and get $15+ in value from it to feed folks.

I just donated to my local food bank. If you can, you should too. People are already suffering but next month, in particular, is going to be so difficult.

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

I just donated $50 to the greater Boston food bank. if you match my donation to your local charity I will send you a personal picture of my son

"The agency's announcement came after more than 200 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday called on USDA to draw on its emergency reserves to fund November food benefits.

However, according to a memo seen by Reuters, the department indicated that it would not do so."

At the food pantry I volunteer at we were absolutely swamped today and by many first timers. We ran out of whole categories of food. Please donate cash to your local organization if you at all can.

Trump Administration Won’t Use Emergency Funds for Food Stamps During Shutdown

The SNAP program "maintains a reserve, currently estimated to be about $5 billion, that can help cover emergencies and shortfalls."

The Trump administration is refusing to use those funds.

No words.