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?
“My old friend went into his garden one day and had an experience of nothing. Of being nothing in the midst of everything. It’s a very hard thing to put into words: impossible, actually. But sometimes poets and musicians and wise souls gesture towards it, beautifully. That’s what my old friend has done here. Give your self the slip for an hour. Read this book.”
— ZADIE SMITH, author of White Teeth and The Fraud
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 in 2025
Untitled Art Book
by Benny Shields
Benny Shields is an artist and tattooer. His work has been featured on The Bear, The Place Beyond The Pines, Alien: Romulus, Honey Boy and can be seen on many glorious degenerates wandering this earth.
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