TINY BOOK OF SMOKES
By David Greenberger


In the early ’70s, David Greenberger decided to document the smoking habits of his friends by keeping several notebooks which he he would ask them to "sign" with their lighted cigarettes. Next to each hole, Greenberger would record the smoker's name, the date, the time, and the tobacco brand. As he puts it in his introduction, "These little books are about who I was spending time with, that's all."

David Greenberger began self-publishing The Duplex Planet in 1979. The influential ’zine, which features his conversations with the elderly on a range of topics, has since inspired numerous books, concerts, radio programs, and recordings. His commentaries air regularly on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and he has collaborated on projects with comics artist Daniel Clowes, musician Robyn Hitchcock, and others. Greenberger, who lives in Greenwich, NY, recently completed Growing Old in East L.A., a radio program for the California Council on the Humanities.








Esopus 7 (Fall 2006)

CONTENTS:
ARTIST'S PROJECT: GARETH JONES
"Ten Kitchens"

DOING BATTLE
Drawings by Alex Brown VIEW ONLINE

NEW VOICES: "METHODS OF REST"
Fiction by Vivien Shotwell

100 FRAMES: "TROPICAL MALADY"
Introduction by Dennis Lim

ARTIST'S PROJECT: KIRA LYNN HARRIS
"Eight Chance Variations Within a Fixed Structure"

MODERN ARTIFACTS #1: CHARTING MODERNISM
Introduction by Michelle Elligott

GUARDED OPINIONS #1
Commentary by Niko Fruechting

ARTISTS' PROJECT: ALEX KATZ & VINCENT KATZ
"Autographs"

TINY BOOK OF SMOKES
By David Greenberger

Angus Trumble's 1727 in Retrospect
One year. One page. (Seventh in a series)

ARTIST'S PROJECT: FRANK BENSON
"Flag 2006"

SPELLBOUND
By Mitch Horowitz VIEW ONLINE