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Matter 13: Edward Abbey is now available for purchase online and at Matter Bookstore! The thirteenth issue of Matter Journal celebrates the life, work, and legacy of author Edward Abbey (1927-1989) and that sacred, dangerous, crazy canyon-carved region of the West many call “Abbey's Country."

Here are just a few of the many terrific pieces you can look forward to: Interviews featuring Charles Bowden, Doug Peacock, and Katie Lee; new fiction by Maximilian Werner, Michael Lewis, and Ned Mudd; nonfiction by Steven Schwartz, Ana Maria Spagna, and Laura Paskus; and poetry by Noah Eli Gordon, Dennis Fritzinger, Faith Walker, Andrew Schelling, Drum Hadley, Jane Miller, and Antler, among many talented others. We're including a novella, written by Dylan Quint and illustrated by Lauren Howell, and, for the first time in Matter's history, we're going full color with some of our pages to do justice to the photographs of Ed Abbey by John Blaustein and Lyman Hafen/Milo McCowan—and to the stunning canyon country of the Colorado Plateauby many local photographers as well.

The editorial collective at Matter Journal is pleased to offer this, our “Ed Abbey” issue, to those who adore Cactus Ed, to those who take issue with this controversial novelist and essayist, to those who may not have read an Abbey book in a few years, and to those who may be just now discovering this eloquent, passionate author and feisty defender of the wild American West. We hope that the collected voices in this issue provoke, inspire, agitate, infuriate, redirect, and get more folks out on the river, back in the woods, up in the mountains to fall in love all over again with the wilderness. So that we understand what we're losing before it's too late. Now, more than ever, we need Edward Abbey.

Read High Country News' review of Matter 13 here.

Wolverine Farm Publishing is proud to present the 12th issue of our flagship publication, Matter.

The Press issue of Matter features a stunning array of new fiction, non-fiction, poetry and visual art in a different format from previous issues. This issue is a diverse mix of media topics, people pushing themselves to the edge, and poetry about evolution, entropy, and enlightenment.

Matter 12: Press is twelve dollars.

BACK ISSUES OF MATTER JOURNAL:

Matter 11: The Woods
Assembled by giants long ago,this issue of Matter is more like an ecosystem than a bound book. Encased in a screen-printed box you will find Charles Malone's Tree Climbing in Fort Collins: A Lyric Guide, a 230 page journal full of poetry, fiction, interviews and art, plus a scroll of poetry to unfurl. So deciduous you will want another bite.

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Matter 10: Village
The ideas of identity and of people coming together---whether for a bicycle ride, taking care of an elderly relative, or to create art--run central to this lavishly illustrated issue of Matter devoted to theme of Village. Forget thatched huts and spears, this is a new-new look at villages.
10 Village: $12





Matter 09: Fuel
Set in a circus, Matter 09: Fuel is 280 pages about pie-eating, animal welfare, memory, bicycles, oil pipelines, war, yurts, India, Peak Oil, sea kayaking, and so much more. Onward to the Egress! Sure to please the most desiring minds, this issue is ablaze with energy and passion.
09 Fuel: $10





Matter 08: Land
Matter's ground-truthing, ground-breaking, esoteric salute to the divine ground beneath us, and beneath us further still. Most humans have not landed on Earth yet, but this issue is a map to get there. New interviews with Wes Jackson and Derrick Jensen, and weighing in at 312 pages.
08 Land: $5

Matter 07: Patterns (cd included)
Plaid and paisley! This issue is brimming with secret worlds of train tracks and bedsheets, landscapes and nebulas. Track yourself in circles...Patterns also comes with a companion CD, named Wheel & Cart.
07 Patterns: $5 (includes CD)

Matter 06: Lacunae
Lacunae means empty spaces or missing parts, and is our issue on the importance of what is not present, or what doesn't happen. Somber and dignified, this issue is more like a cool, misty morning along the coast rather than a wild night in a gritty bar. Don't be fooled, there is action and adventure in Matter 6 Lacunae, but you might have to leave your expectations behind to embark on this journey.
06 Lacunae: Sold Out

Matter 05: Wheels
Searching for the right size for a book is a strange process, much different than buying a new suit. The square has always impressed us, so that's what we went with. Without a doubt we almost called this the Bicycle Issue. It is fun, fiesty, and never stops turning your mind.
05 Wheels: Sold Out

Matter 04: Wonder
Our first book, Matter 4: Wonder sprang from our humble, newspapery beginnings as a zine. This issue is like a big pair of eyes propped open with toothpicks. As they say, when you have nothing to lose you can be open like a butcher shop. Buy me, read me, sigh with contentment.
04 Wonder: $5