As Is Press is committed to publishing beautiful, entertaining, and surprising work that explores themes of the numinous in the everyday, that gestures towards oneness and connection rather than separation, and that imagines new futures as we navigate the slow collapse of the present.
Our first title is out now!
Notes on Nothing: The Joy of Being Nobody
What if you could never be bad, or good?
Or wrong, or right? Or a failure, or a success?
What if there was never a “you” to begin with?
What would be left?
““An enigma explained... I began to read it out of sheer curiosity, and soon found myself persuaded by the sincere intelligence of the voice. As a description of an unusual psychological experience and its aftermath, it’s valuable for its clarity and insight.
— Philip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials series
“An instant spiritual classic.”
- Simon Mundie, host of A New Way of Being podcast
“Give your self the slip for an hour. Read this book.”
- Zadie Smith, author of White Teeth and The Fraud
Coming in 2027
Conjuring Heaven in Hellish Places is a grimoire, or book of ritual magick, written for and used by those serving time in the U.S. prison system. Its contents draw on centuries-old and contemporary theurgic practices meant to channel fear, desperation, hope, and resilience towards the goal of transcending the muck and mire of systemic harm, social determinants, and all forces that would pull us from our destiny.
Alejandra Villegas is a scholar, researcher, and practitioner of occultism, witchcraft, and magick. She holds a master's degree from Harvard University and a BA from Marygrove College.
COMING FALL 2027
For the past eight years, Adam Wilson has worked alongside his neighbors, human and otherwise, to grow, harvest, preserve, cook and share food as a gift with anyone who is hungry for any reason. He has asked to be sustained rather than paid.
The book that has grown from Adam’s culture-shifting work, This Food Is a Gift: Stories from a Farm Where Nothing Is for Sale, opens a door to the emergent field of gift economics by offering a loving corrective to a world wherein every plate of food and plot of land—every winter jacket and warm bed—lies behind a locked door to which money is the only acceptable key. Get ready to step through the back of the wardrobe and plant your feet upon an Earth who never agreed to be put up for sale. She has been waiting, patiently, to welcome you back home.
COMING EARLY 2027
~ Learn more at thisbooksisagift.org ~
Join Us
Subscribe to our eNewsletter to learn more about Notes On Nothing and our other exciting forthcoming titles.