Mark Alan Mattes / Hot Brown Press
@markalanmattes.bsky.social
Book & Media History - Early American Literature - Native American and Indigenous Studies - Manuscript Studies
Hot Brown Press - hotbrownpress.com & hotbrownpress.etsy.com
Editor of Handwriting in Early America:
A Media History (UMass 2023)
Hot Brown Press - hotbrownpress.com & hotbrownpress.etsy.com
Editor of Handwriting in Early America:
A Media History (UMass 2023)
Pinned
If anybody would like this #letterpress print on Miami language 'myaamiaataweenki' revitalization, email me @ markalanmattes@gmail.com & I will share details. All proceeds support cultural programming @ the Myaamia Center @ Miami U. #Indigenous #NAIS #bookhistory #NativeAmerica #printmaking
First flurries of the season - time for hearty soups, muthafuckers!
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
First flurries of the season - time for hearty soups, muthafuckers!
this is, like, my mantra
late afternoon early darkening, season's first snow looming, beans simmering, list making
November 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
this is, like, my mantra
Me, trying to learn new things
November 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Me, trying to learn new things
Bawdy letters with an even better link! youtu.be/_R33YKrzv3g?...
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Bawdy letters with an even better link! youtu.be/_R33YKrzv3g?...
What about without some American studies faculty doing voiceover readings of bawdy soldier letters and court martials to the strains of Ashoken Farewell?!
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Video courtesy of Katie Hemphill!
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Video courtesy of Katie Hemphill!
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
What about without some American studies faculty doing voiceover readings of bawdy soldier letters and court martials to the strains of Ashoken Farewell?!
www.facebook.com/share/v/17LH...
Video courtesy of Katie Hemphill!
www.facebook.com/share/v/17LH...
Video courtesy of Katie Hemphill!
Duct tape, doin' the work
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Duct tape, doin' the work
Sneakers is so good
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Sneakers is so good
If anybody would like this #letterpress print on Miami language 'myaamiaataweenki' revitalization, email me @ markalanmattes@gmail.com & I will share details. All proceeds support cultural programming @ the Myaamia Center @ Miami U. #Indigenous #NAIS #bookhistory #NativeAmerica #printmaking
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If anybody would like this #letterpress print on Miami language 'myaamiaataweenki' revitalization, email me @ markalanmattes@gmail.com & I will share details. All proceeds support cultural programming @ the Myaamia Center @ Miami U. #Indigenous #NAIS #bookhistory #NativeAmerica #printmaking
Tomorrow is the big day - Check out Printing Indigenous Community @filsonhistorical.bsky.social where my colleague Megan Sekulich & I will be talking about Indigenous aesthetics, printmaking, & revitalization!
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Tomorrow is the big day - Check out Printing Indigenous Community @filsonhistorical.bsky.social where my colleague Megan Sekulich & I will be talking about Indigenous aesthetics, printmaking, & revitalization!
Amazing visit with @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social at King Library Press!
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Amazing visit with @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social at King Library Press!
Publics and Counterpublics reunion tour
Time to get into #c19 concert promotion...Thoreau's Power Bottom: "The way is Barred" (Live at Walden Pond)
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Publics and Counterpublics reunion tour
Some trenchant analysis of #GenerativeAI over here! Just posted in my store - link in bio. Nice to complete the set - I had a delirious amount of fun!
#letterpress #printmaking
#letterpress #printmaking
November 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Some trenchant analysis of #GenerativeAI over here! Just posted in my store - link in bio. Nice to complete the set - I had a delirious amount of fun!
#letterpress #printmaking
#letterpress #printmaking
This guy
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This guy
Costume ideas
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Costume ideas
Peek-a-boo!
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Peek-a-boo!
Doin' the bull dance. Feelin' the flow. Workin' it. Workin' it. #letterpress
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Doin' the bull dance. Feelin' the flow. Workin' it. Workin' it. #letterpress
My youngest has a collection of John Lennon clothes pins in a California type case
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 AM
My youngest has a collection of John Lennon clothes pins in a California type case
Self-care fail
October 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Self-care fail
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Butterlingers
Butterlingers
change one letter ruin a candy
knickers
knickers
Wounds
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Butterlingers
Butterlingers
Reposted by Mark Alan Mattes / Hot Brown Press
Seriously tho
Do it
Read a fucking book ❤️🔥
Do it
Read a fucking book ❤️🔥
I like this version a teensy bit more...the uppercase G better fills the space and the size of it keeps things extra weird with the font bebop. If anybody wants one, hit me up or head over to my Etsy store (link in bio)
#letterpress #printmaking #readafuckingbook #readingrainbowismyrideordie
#letterpress #printmaking #readafuckingbook #readingrainbowismyrideordie
October 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Seriously tho
Do it
Read a fucking book ❤️🔥
Do it
Read a fucking book ❤️🔥
Reposted by Mark Alan Mattes / Hot Brown Press
My thoughts exactly
markthoughts@markthoughts.markthoughts/mark_thoughts#markthoughts
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My thoughts exactly
I like this version a teensy bit more...the uppercase G better fills the space and the size of it keeps things extra weird with the font bebop. If anybody wants one, hit me up or head over to my Etsy store (link in bio)
#letterpress #printmaking #readafuckingbook #readingrainbowismyrideordie
#letterpress #printmaking #readafuckingbook #readingrainbowismyrideordie
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I like this version a teensy bit more...the uppercase G better fills the space and the size of it keeps things extra weird with the font bebop. If anybody wants one, hit me up or head over to my Etsy store (link in bio)
#letterpress #printmaking #readafuckingbook #readingrainbowismyrideordie
#letterpress #printmaking #readafuckingbook #readingrainbowismyrideordie