PLEASE NOTE: To order, visit my Etsy store, or contact me at burgin <at> ladymuleskinnerpress <dot> com.
CHEAP READS:
Thirty Birmingham Songs: a guide, by Burgin Mathews. Featuring Gene Autry, Nancy Sinatra, Lil Johnson, Sun Ra, Ernie Marrs, Bobby Whitlock, Junior and the Classics, Lester Flatt, the Drive-By Truckers, Sammi Smith, the Delmore Brothers, the Birmingham Heritage Band, John Coltrane, Louis Jordan, Monette Moore, Randy Newman, Maria Taylor, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Movers, Hardrock Gunter, John Lee Hooker, and more and more and more. 50 info-rich pages, $4 cheap. 2011.
The whales will fuss over me. Short works by Burgin Mathews: poems; tiny stories; found photos; overheard in coffee shops; etc. 44 little pages, with color. $4 and worth it. 2009.
“He married her, mainly, for her teeth. She wasn’t pretty and really he hardly knew her, but her teeth were made of gold and every time they kissed he dreamed he was eating money.”
Singing Governors, Fiddling Senators, and Other Country-Music Politicians: A guide, by Burgin Mathews. $3, 36 glorious pages. Includes: Fiddling Tennessee Govs. Bob and Alf Taylor; Da Costa Woltz and his Southern Broadcasters; Lulu Belle Wiseman; Kinky Friedman; Richard M. Nixon; Albert Gore (Sr.); Pappy Lee O’Daniel; Bascom Lamar Lunsford; Sen. Sam Ervin; “You Are My Sunshine” Gov. Jimmie Davis; Fiddlin’ Sen. Bob Byrd; and more. 2008.
Speak: An Oral History Magazine for Western North Carolina. $4, Back Issue No. One (and Only), from 2001; 40 glossy big pages. By Burgin Mathews, Colleen Cook, and Doug Kelley. First-person narration and photos. Supplies are seriously limited; get em while they last.
CHEAP ACCESSORIES:
- $2 cheap
Buttons! $2 each, or seven buttons for $10. Choose from Sister Rosetta Tharpe; Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett; Memphis Minnie; Woody Guthrie; Jimmy Martin; Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon; Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers; Lydia Mendoza (all pictured, left). Also available (not pictured): Aldous Huxley; Alice B. Toklas; Henry Miller. Additional subjects available by request.
To buy something: You can pay by cash money, check, or Paypal. To order, email burgin <at> ladymuleskinnerpress <dot> com, or visit my Etsy store. Or you can do the math and send your money, plus $2.00 to cover shipping fees, to:
Burgin Mathews/Lady Muleskinner Press; 616 49th Street South; Birmingham, Alabama 35222
Of course, be sure to indicate in your email or letter which items you want, and how many. Additional buys will gradually be posted here for sale so come back sometime. Feel free to contact burgin <at> ladymuleskinnerpress <dot> com with further questions, concerns, etc., and thanks (many thanks) for shopping.