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Hello America Stereo Cassette
@helloamerica.bsky.social
Record label for writers. Run by Adam Gnade. Stories and poems on tape. Visit our brick and mortar shop/warehouse at 1204 Oread Ave, Lawrence, Kansas in the ECM building at KU. https://helloamerica.bandcamp.com/
Read an interview by Bart Schaneman with current Hello America/Ruby Teeth Writing Resident Marina Caamaño.

bartschaneman.substack.com/p/how-to-avo...
September 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Yesterday I told you I'm having a sale to help me overcome some big, looming, terrifying bills.

End-of-summer sale on the many dozens of things at my shop aka adamgnade.com

A few examples above.

Head on over.
September 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Mugabi Byenkya’s audio book, Songs for (Wo)Men 2, is a powerful testament of survival. Mugabi’s writing hits like a bus—if a bus were made of truth and relatability instead of steel, rubber, and plastic. Get a copy at www.helloamerica.bandcamp.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This poetry tape by Jessie Lynn McMains @rustbeltjessie gives a wild, panoramic, documentary view of queer punk American life. Get a copy at www.helloamerica.bandcamp.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Our latest release is this beautiful, important collection of poems by Danielle Freiman @_goodhabits_ with lovely pedal steel accompaniment from Forest Reid. A story of illness and tenderness. Get a copy or just listen at our bandcamp. www.helloamerica.bandcamp.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Cool news coming soon regarding the Argentine superwonder Marina Caamaño.
September 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Very proud to be debuting an excerpt from one of our favorite writers today as a digital single. Hit our bandcamp and listen to a few minutes from Bart Schaneman's forthcoming novel, The Pot Job, out September 16th from Trident Press.

helloamerica.bandcamp.com/album/excerp...
Excerpt from the Pot Job (digital single), by Bart Schaneman
1 track album
helloamerica.bandcamp.com
August 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Get yourself a Zenaida Smith poetry tape at helloamerica.bandcamp.com/album/candid...
July 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Listen to some writing by Danielle Freiman.

helloamerica.bandcamp.com/track/a-wish...
A wish (for us both), by Danielle Freiman
from the album Advanced Camouflage Techniques for the Built Environment
helloamerica.bandcamp.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Listen to some Zenaida Smith poems. Get a tape of it.

helloamerica.bandcamp.com/album/candid...
June 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Listen to a poem by Ugandan poet Mugabi Byenkya off a cassette of theirs we released.

helloamerica.bandcamp.com/track/philom...
Philomena's Voicemail #1 (Feat. Philomena), by Mugabi Byenkya
from the album Songs For Wo(Men) 2
helloamerica.bandcamp.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Listen to some writing by Nathaniel Kennon Perkins off our latest mixtape.

helloamerica.bandcamp.com/album/spring...
June 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Get a book. Available online at www.adamgnade.com and www.breadandrosespress.com and www.threeoneg.com among other good places that aren't Amazon.
May 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The hardcover edition of The Internet Newspaper is out today. Go get one at my shop www.adamgnade.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Hey it's Bandcamp Friday. Get writing tapes by Rin Hart, Lora Mathis with Matty Terrones, and Zenaida Smith at www.helloamerica.bandcamp.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Read our Q&A with Hello America author Joshua Jones. Interview questions
by Erik Tinsley.

helloamericalit.com/f/spring-int...
April 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If you have any sort of platform and you care about the Palestinian people say something about it. There are so many vile, unreasonable, hateful voices speaking against them. Be a voice of support. Ceasefire now and forever. Hello America Stereo Cassette and myself Adam Gnade stand with Gaza.
April 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Listen to a story by Cora Lee.

helloamerica.bandcamp.com/track/ourobo...
Ouroboros, by Cora Lee
from the album Destroying Angel
helloamerica.bandcamp.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Next person to order anything at www.adamgnade.com gets a free copy of my all-time favorite Sam Pink book.
April 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Reminder we're running a contest based around Jessie Lynn McMains. See our last post for info.
April 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Listen to three poems off our Spring Collection compilation by Nathaniel Kennon Perkins.

helloamerica.bandcamp.com/track/nathan...
Nathaniel Kennon Perkins - three poems, Debtor, The Best Stack of Rocks, and Screw Your Courage to the Sticking Place, by Various Artists
from the album Spring Collection, 2025
helloamerica.bandcamp.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We've got a Q&A up with Hello America artist Mugabi Byenkya.

helloamericalit.com/f/spring-int...
Spring Interview with Mugabi Byenkya
Questions by Erik Tinsley
helloamericalit.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Also our Substack newsletter went out a few minutes ago.

open.substack.com/pub/helloame...
Spring Collection, 2025
Plus a little more
open.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM