DrunkSkull Books and Page 1 Books join forces to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day!

KEEPING BOOKS DANGEROUS takes help from everyone! Here at the HQ we’re honored not only to have a few titles stocked on their shelves, but to also have a chance to bring the DrunkSkull Sidewalk Cinema to Page 1 Books — and share some of what we love about the small press! From timelapse videos of linocuts or collage covers, to animated drunk poems, to the video broadsides of the 2025 NM Book Awards finalist Psalms From The Badlands, we’ve got multimedia to share — and just like the popcorn — it’s always free!

The New Mexico Book Awards and Drift Exchange cordially invite you to join them and a grip of recent winners and finalists for an event celebrating some of the best local books!

For over 2 decades, the competition has, in the words of Paul Rhetts, sought “to uncover and honor the best in New Mexico books.” and this shindig aims to do just that! Peruse the honorees’ work and what you’ll instantly discover is the breadth of talents and voices across scores of genres right in our own backyard! And it’s yet another in Drift Exchange’s passionate curation and deep commitment to create a “platform for artists, musicians, and cultural workers in New Mexico” in their gorgeous upstairs space overlooking Central Avenue — the Mother Road herself, Route 66.

DrunkSkull will be there with Psalms From The Badlands (our finalist in poetry last year), the DrunkSkull Sidewalk Cinema, and running a little giveaway for attendees — so come on by, check out the scene, and get yourself entered for a chance to win some books and whatnot!

Flock of Moons Brewery
111 Harvard Drive SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106

December 14th, 2025
1PM - 4PM [Weather Permitting!]
Free Event | 21+

Ho-ho-holy macaroni — the DrunkSkull Sidewalk Cinema is returning to Flock of Moons (and this time, hopefully we’ve got our audio sorted!)! 

You know what that means: mini-bookmaking documentaries, time-lapse footage of collage covers or linocuts, and, of course, animated "drunk poems" to inspire both guffaws and delights! There’ll still be popcorn and other freebies, and with so many rad vendors filling up the beer garden out back, you’ll surely be able to find a stocking stuffer or two — if not handle your holiday gift list entirely! So if you want to watch a little something we made, and maybe grab a box or two — come find us, we look forward to seeing you!

Your friend and mine, Scot Young — the driving force behind Rusty Truck and Deuce Coupe — was gracious enough to invite me to this month’s installment of The Friday Collapse [Virtual Series] hosted by the Collapse Press crew. The readings are hosted on Zoom and usually stream live on Facebook, as well.

If you are anything like me, then your shelves are probably packed full of books by these folks — and if so, you should join us!

*Fun fact — I’ve actually met a couple of these folks is real life!

Psalms comes to Ruben Quesada’s sweeping, monthly virtual reading series [and literary arts not-for-profit organization] that promotes literature and fosters a diverse and welcoming community for writers and readers.

Pop in to hear a vast array of talents and voices from all over!

Timothy Gager’s long-running series continues, and here at the HQ we’re delighted to be invited to share a little bit from Psalms From The Badlands.

Carly Newfeld’s weekly show, The Last Word (5:30pm - 6:00pm MST), is part of KSFR’s slate — and has been gracious enough to invite me to talk a bit about Psalms From The Badlands. I’ll be in the studio and everything (a first for me!), with our chat scheduled to air on Thursday, July 31st.

The show and archives can be found HERE

Badlands Meets Sunday Salon Chicago!

A hot desert wind blows into the Windy City, as Psalms From The Badlands makes an early appearance in this beloved and long-running reading series.

WATCH HERE

Here at the HQ we’re jazzed to soon be part of the Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast with host James Morehead. The format involves a chat + some readings from the forthcoming Psalms From The Badlands so I hope you’ll find some time to listen at the following link:

LISTEN HERE

In support of the terrific and truly independent SMOL FAIR, DrunkSkull Books and the Dead Bird Gang are proud to offer up a drunk poem animation watch party!

Saturday, March 26, 2022
2pm - 2:30pm Pacific
3pm - 3:30pm Mountain
4pm - 4:30pm Central
5pm - 5:30pm Eastern
(Apologies to our overseas friends for the late hour!)

EVENT PAGE

It's an early salvo in what promises to be a years-long campaign to create animations for all of the poems from A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST. From rotoscoping to traditional 2D animation to claymation, the poems are brought to life by animators and narrators the world over!