Say Yes To Heaven
Say Yes To Heaven
Announcing ANGELIC BOOTLEGS, new interviews & reviews, and December’s Angel-of-the-Month
One of my great frustrations with museums big and small, from cosmopolitan behemoths to backwoods curiosities, is shitty, ugly, and boring merchandise (I’m looking at you Aluminum Christmas Tree Museum in Brevard North Carolina!) Is it too much to ask: I want a wide selection of quality postcards! I want cool t-shirts from obscure locales! (Shouldn’t I have all of this and passionate kisses, wait, that’s Lucinda Williams…) After years of being more disappointed than not I’ve decided to make some of the bootleg merch I’d like to see in the world. We’re talking high concept, low production, and a lot of heart.
For the inaugural ANGELIC BOOTLEG, artist and ritual magician Laurel Sparks has developed a sequence of her signature technicolor drawings that interpret the numerology of calendar year 2024, organized by 12 moon cycles. In lieu of the Gregorian months, Sparks' calendar is organized by the titles of a year's worth of moons—Wolf, Snow, Worm, Pink, Flower, Strawberry, Buck, Sturgeon, Harvest, Hunters, Beaver, Cold—tracking the number of days in each moon phase.
This exquisite, witchy wall calendar of Sparks' calendrical chromatic workings will keep you in sync with the most ancient timekeeper, the moon, and offer powerful blessings all year long.
ANGELIC BOOTLEG: #001 “CELESTIAL PHARMAKON” (8.5”x11”—28 pages)
$40.00
TO ORDER A CALENDAR EMAIL ME — JARRETTEARNEST@GMAIL.COM
I’LL SEND YOU A PAYMENT LINK ($40)! ALL CALENDARS WILL BE SHIPPED OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR! (The 2024 lunar calendar begins on January 11th!)
INTERVIEWS ABOUT VALID UNTIL SUNSET
“Being and Loving: Talking about Life, Art, and Writing with Jarrett Earnest” by Thyrza Nichols Gooedeve in The Brooklyn Rail.
“Two Artists One Finding Recognizable Things in Unrecognizable Spaces” an excerpt of a longer conversation with Gaby Collins-Fernandez in Byline.
An interview with Gil Roth on his podcast “The Virtual Memory Show 567: Jarrett Earnest”.
REVIEWS OF VALID UNTIL SUNSET
Alissa Bennett reviewed my book in the new issue of The Whitney Review of New Writing—only in print, order it online!
Matthew Abrams reviewed it in the new “Lust” issue of TEXTE ZUR KUNST, which can also be read on their website for free: “Dildos, Drag Queens, and lots of Dolly Parton: Matthew Jeffrey Abrams on Valid Until Sunset by Jarrett Earnest.”
If you do not have a copy of Valid Until Sunset you can still order one directly from MATTE EDITIONS.
Without further ado, I’m happy to announce December’s Angel-of-the-Month:
