BALTIMORE, Md. – Blood diamonds and blood relatives are
among the gems unearthed in Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore! No. 16, the latest
installment in the award-winning series published by Eight-Stone Press.
In this 60-page issue, Earl
Crown plunges the bowels of the city’s art scene; Cecilia M. Strakna lets her roots show; Keith A. Berry scopes out society’s next fix; and D.R. Belz plots his upcoming Pulitzer,
plus a whole lot more. Contributors
include:
- - Marie Abate
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- Rafael Alvarez
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- D.R. Belz
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- Keith A. Berry
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- A. Aubrey Bodine
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- Davida Gypsy Breier
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- Rufus Cletus-Clacktus
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- Caryn Coyle
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- Earl Crown
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- Barbara DeCesare
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- Jessica Lynn Dotson
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- E. Doyle-Gillespie
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- Anthony C. Hayes
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- J. Gavin Heck
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- Ian Hochberg
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- Bill Hughes
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- Woody Lissauer
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- Kat Malone
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- Kumari McKie
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- Steve Roberts
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- Dean Bartoli Smith
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- Sarah Smith
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- Cecilia M. Strakna
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- William P. Tandy
From the
harbor to the hills, Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! collects the
tales of those on whom Mobtown has left her indelible mark. Polished,
professional essays; barroom sermons delivered from the sanctity of a favorite
stool; the poet's fleeting sentiment, captured in both word and snapshot – Smile,
Hon offers a slice of Baltimore as told by Baltimore, presented with the
time-honored DIY accessibility of a limited-run, handcrafted zine. A two-time Utne
Reader Independent Press Award nominee, Smile, Hon has also been
dubbed "Best Zine" by Baltimore Magazine (2008) and Baltimore
City Paper (2004). In spring 2011, Eight-Stone Press published a special “hon”
edition, exploring the term’s significance in Baltimore’s identity, past and
present; other theme issues have tackled such topics as alleyways, waste,
rats, scars,
tattoos,
crime
and transit.
Smile,
Hon, You're in Baltimore! is an Eight-Stone Press production and is distributed by Atomic Books
(Baltimore, MD); City Lights Books (San Francisco, CA); Cyclops Books
(Baltimore, MD); Microcosm Publishing (Bloomington, IN, and Portland, OR);
Quimby's (Chicago, IL); Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse (Baltimore, MD); and
Ukazoo Books (Towson, MD). For more information, contact:
William P.
Tandy, Editor
Eight-Stone
Press
P.O. Box
11064
Baltimore,
MD 21212
E-mail: wpt@eightstonepress.com
Website: http://www.eightstonepress.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wptandy
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