Isolarri Publishes Pocket-Sized Allen Ginsberg Book on William Blake

Isolarri has released a new pocket-sized book titled "AH!MERICA," adapted from lectures by Allen Ginsberg on William Blake delivered at the Naropa Institute. The publication features illustrations of different cover images by Blake. This release exemplifies Isolarri's publishing model, which produces inexpensive, efficient, and whimsical printed books with minimal material waste. Their books are literal pocket-sized volumes, comparable in size to a pack of cigarettes, and come with removable jackets. The publisher's name references the extinct genre of Venetian Renaissance "island books." Isolarri describes its mission as mapping extremes of human knowledge and creative endeavor monthly, assembling legends and emerging icons from scientists to activists. The publisher argues that the humanism of the past 500 years is dead, having opened "the abyss of extinction," and calls for a new approach preserving environments, irrationality, autonomy, and joy. The books are designed to fit in the palm of one's hand, containing lost and forgotten treasures. The author of the article notes choosing to read this book on the subway instead of using a smartphone, observing that fellow riders appear curious about the physical object.