Judging a Book by Its Cover, and Then Some, Part III
by Perry Brass
Her question: “Carnal Sacraments could be marketed as a queer book, or as Science Fiction (SF). The cover makes it pretty clear that the publishers intend to market it as a queer book; there’s hardly any hint that the contents are very much [...]

Judging a Book by Its Cover, and Then Some, Part II
by Perry Brass
I soon learned that even doing a small poetry book was much harder than I had anticipated: choosing which poems to include, their sequence, front and back cover material, and how the design of the book would sell both the book and the [...]

Judging a Book by Its Cover, and Then Some, Part I
by Perry Brass
The story of how I started publishing my own books is curious, but hardly surprising to most people who fall into publishing, which isn’t known as the “accidental profession” for nothing. Up until about a decade ago when New Media became an accessory [...]

Headline: Industry After Madonna’s “Hard Candy” Like Dog In Heat
by Josh Livingston
Of all forms of art, there is most likely none older or more primal than song. One can only imagine that singing emerged in tandem with language, which is estimated to have developed at least 40,000 years ago if not far longer. From Homo [...]

Even though some of his best work may be in black and white, street artist Bobby Hill’s past is probably as colorful as it comes: bumping into Andy Warhol at a Michael Jackson concert; accommodating rap artist Jay-Z with an art piece; illustrating for Slam Magazine (the first publication to marry hip-hop culture with basketball) [...]

“In the spring of 1999, the Family Learning Channel commissioned animator Don Hertzfeldt to produce promotional segments for their network. the cartoons were completed in five weeks. the family learning channel rejected all of them upon review, and they were never aired…”

the Molecule loves crazy. That’s why Don Hertzfeldt’s “Rejected” is one of our faves. [...]

Writing on the Wall
by Josh Livingston

[Photo: Political/Social Graffiti Wall, freetoeknee]
Choose one of the following that best describes this photo:
A) tagging
B) senseless defacement
C) street art
D) the first step toward total anarchy
If you said
A) We can smell your street cred from here.
B) You’re a high school principal.
C) You still owe $40K in grad school student loans.
D) Thank [...]

With a recent conservative groundswell of rants against “deviant” lifestyles and the murder of Lawrence King by his 14-year-old classmate because of his sexual orientation and gender expression, the Molecule wants to raise the question: What does gender mean to you? But before you take a quick minute to think about answers, check out this [...]

The third volume of short fiction by Jillian Elisabetta Ciaccia is now available. Monstrosities is composed of eleven literary portraits concentrating on the creation and process of objects, both organic and inorganic. Animal crackers. Maraschino cherries. A freckle and Nylon stockings. You won’t look at your world the same.
As with the two previous volumes, [...]

When people see a Skyler Chen for the first time, the reaction is either hot or cold. There’s no in between. So when someone tells you they like his work, they mean it. Chen is about to explode, so if you haven’t had the chance to see (or buy) one of his pieces, the Molecule [...]