The Lowbrow Reader Reader: Addenda and Annotations—Issue #1

A Hanukkah Gift for You!

The Lowbrow Reader Reader, our Nobel-worthy tome published by Drag City earlier this year, is what one might term a “best-of” compendium, surveying the eight Lowbrow Reader issues that preceded it. By our rough count, the book features seven articles from Lowbrow Reader #5, six articles from Lowbrow Reader #7, and so forth. But what of our modest beginnings, 2001’s Lowbrow Reader #1? Why, the book features a mere two lousy selections!

To amend this slight and raise a glass to the holiday season, we would like to offer a free copy of Lowbrow Reader #1 to anybody who was kind enough to read our book. That’s right: An awe-inspiring $3 value…free! To collect your complimentary Lowbrow Reader #1, send an e-mail to editor@lowbrowreader.com with “free issue #1” in the subject line and your mailing address in the body. Oh, right: We need proof that you own The Lowbrow Reader Reader. (We weren’t born yesterday, you know.) Thus, in homage to Billy Madison, please turn to page 69 of the book and, beneath your address, include any word that appears on the page.

Happy holidays, America! (On that note, we regretfully inform foreign readers that this offer only extends to those with mailing addresses in the United States. We love you, other countries of the world, but postage rates do not.) And remember, you can still order a copy of The Lowbrow Reader Reader. What sort of a fool would not want to find such a book inside his or her nondenominational holiday stocking? (This nudnik, sure, but clearly nobody else!)