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The Author of This Book Committed Suicide (Brooklyn Public Library)
Aaron Krach, 2024
175p. Color, 8” H x 10.5” W
Edition of 500

“Between February 23 to March 16, 2024, I checked-out every available book by an author who committed suicide from the Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library branch, Grand Army Plaza). At home, I stamped each book with this information, scanned the title page, and then returned the books back into general circulation. This book contains a collection of every scan” – AK

“Each trip to the library brings me back to the same stacks. I search for each author’s name. I’m looking to see if they exist. I know they do, but a book makes their presence tangible.”

Published by @ND AARON KRACH, Brooklyn, NY
Available at Printed Matter.

The Author of This Book Committed Suicide, NYPL, 2012
Soft cover book containing scans of all the title pages stamped to create the NYPL version.
8.5″ x 11″, Edition of 500; Designed by Justin Yockel

From July 19-26, 2012, I checked out every available book in the New York Library (NYPL) written by an author who committed suicide. I stamped each book’s title page with this information and exhibited the collection in ‘How to Write a Novel’ at Field Projects, NYC. At the end of the show, all the stamped books were returned to general circulation at NYPL.

The Author of This Book Committed Suicide (NYPL), 2012
Dimensions variable. Library books, text, and print.
Installation view, Field Projects

The Author of This Book Committed Suicide, NYPL, 2012
Soft cover book
8.5″ x 11″, Edition of 500
Designed by Justin Yockel

Book: $20 BUY

Farewell to The Sea by Reinaldo Arenas, (from The Author of This Book Committed Suicide, NYPL 2012)
Xerox on Brite White 80lb Cardstock with Hand-stamp
7″ x 8.75″, Edition of 100

Print: $100 BUY

This is Water by David Foster Wallace, (from The Author of This Book Committed Suicide, NYPL 2012)
Xerox on Brite White 80lb Cardstock with Hand-stamp
7″ x 8.75″, Edition of 100

Print: $100 BUY

The Author of This Book Committed Suicide (NYPL in SF) at “Codex,” 2014.
Exhibition view at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco.
Photo: Courtesy CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts