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Lost Alphabet is an international, nomadic publishing company.
We are an oasis for the weird, the wacky, the nonconformist and the intellectually poignant.
Lost Alphabet’s mission is to empower creatives. We have a unique structure that allows us to give authors vast creative freedom. Authors keep the copyright to their work at all times. Authors receive up to 50% of royalties from the sale of their book.
Based in the United States, with staff and distribution worldwide, Lost Alphabet is committed to the free exchange of ideas. The only requirement for publication is the merit and ambition of the manuscript. We never discriminate by identity, resume or nationality. Our staff is comprised entirely of authors, artists, critics and creatives.
We are aware of the privilege required to participate in the art and literary world. Our structure allows us to pursue ideas too risky, innovative or unconventional for other publishers. Money should not hold back a good idea.
Collaborators
Michael Washienko
Founder
An artist, author and speaker living full time as a world nomad. They are the founder of the international art publishing house Lost Alphabet. Born in the United States their work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Dubai, Seoul and Singapore. Their art has been featured by the New York Times, Artconnect and Zeiss International, and can be found in public and private collections in over 30 countries.
Hedieh Ahmadi
b. 1987 in Tehran, Iran. She holds a BA in Photography from Tehran University of Arts. plays with the concept of photography through different activities such as making books, videos and installations. Since 2012, she has been working as co-editor and curator of Bongah, an independent art books publishing house in Tehran.
Ala Sivets
Is a cultural researcher, journalist, activist, art and youth worker from Belarus. She worked with 34travel magazine, Kultprosvet journal, Fialta center and ArtBelarus gallery. She is occupied with mind tricks, archaic sexuality, nature and postmodern theory.
Maurice Esworthy.
An advocate for new sound poetry and cross-discursive media. Megaera-award-winning poet, editor emeritus, Steel Point Quarterly, poetry impresario, and founder of the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel.
A performance artist, best known for his epic "Thinking of Ng" (1998--2003) in which he thought about (did not watch) every day for five years, the alluring Ng, a cyberspace siren.
For many years, Esworthy secretly aspired to be a noise band.
Christopher Hinojosa
Is a photographer and writer currently based between Tokyo and Shanghai. He's worked at Aperture foundation and established the Photography Critics Society of Shanghai in partnership with IG Gallery Shanghai. His personal works and writings are concerned with Loss, Desire and romanticism.
Rachel Alt
Assistant
An artist, choreographer, and model from the U.S. Combining elaborately crafted props and intricate dance choreography she explores the experience of being human.
Hodo Lee
b. 1978 Seoul, South Korea. Lee holds a BA in Philosophy and MFA in Photographic-Electronic Media. His study in philosophical aesthetics background led him to pursuit and create his own artistic values.
Influenced by philosophical theories in both eastern and western cultures, he is chasing the meaning of individualized perceptions of human being and the aesthetic values in it. Lee's photographs have been exhibited extensively throughout South Korea and the United States.
Umico
b.1991 in Nagoya, Japan. Umico is a Japanese/American artist who uses digital, sculpture and videos in playfully ironic ways to explore how people create new meaning through online communication. Her more recent work tells deeply personal narratives while interjecting playful moments of levity and humor. Having just begun hormone replacement therapy, her artistic practice is dedicated to confronting personal issues of gender identity and to lesser degrees that of her own race and sexuality. She recieved her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2015. She is currently living and working in Los Angeles, CA.