HOSHO MCCREESH

Writer. Painter. Drunk Poet.

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White Wine

White Wine is So Bad... How Bad Is It?! Well, we assumed it was THIS bad. At long last, a new animated drunk poem from A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST - UNABRIDGED AUDIO. A couple of dunderheads, desperate for more drink, suffer through a bottle of "white wine." Read with the requisite gravitas by Michael D. Blum, and once again featuring the animation prowess of Diego Leyva. Watch more animated drunk poems at: https://hosho-mccreesh.squarespace.co... Enjoy!

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Willison West

Willison West - 3 Poets | 3 Typewriters

SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2026

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

WILLISON WEST ARTSPACE 1189 PARKWAY DRIVE, SUITE E4 SANTA FE, NM, 87507

If you’re anywhere nearby, pop on in for my first-ever Santa Fe area event! There will be readings and typewriters and poetic fun from a couple of fellow poets — and of course I’m bringing the DrunkSkull Sidewalk Cinema to show off some project-specific multimedia and celebrates just a little of what I adore about the small press! I’ll also have copies of at least a few books — and I’m happy to scribble a little something in it if you’d like! And the space itself is filled with local art of all kinds, with a particular focus on recycled artwork — inventive reconfigurations of things abandoned or ignored — made new and gorgeous once more! If you’re after something unique and one-of-a-kind, well you’d be hard-pressed to find a better spot to shop! Here’s to hoping you pop in for something a little different in the City Different!

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Cicada by Emma Beko

And away we go! Just over 2 years ago this dream began…and today it is made real. I don’t know about you, but I love seeing people achieve their dreams — especially when I am lucky enough to be a small part of why.

Hunt it down wherever you prefer to get your tunes. Tell them to play it at your favorite coffee shop or bookstore or artspace! And for anyone wondering — I believe track 7 is where you’ll find my raspy ol’ reading! I’m hoping Emma’s Cicada goes even further than mine!

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Willison West - 3 Poets | 3 Typewriters

An Evening at Willison West  Three typewriters + three incredible poets — one unforgettable night! Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 5:00–6:30 PM 1189 E4 Parkway Drive, Santa Fe, NM

Join us for a night of live poetry readings, typewriter performances, and the Drunkskull Sidewalk Cinema. Featuring works by Lancee Whetman (Rosy-Cheeked, I Like You Like You), Nicky Schott (Love Is Infinite, Isolation Androgynous), and Hosho McCreesh (Psalms from the Badlands, A Deep & Gorgeous Thirst). Light refreshments. Books available. Donations welcome!

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Pasatiempo...

For you arts and culture heads out there, you’ll probably know how big of a deal this feels like to me. How many amazing things have appeared in Pasatiempo over the years? Is it even possible to count? I don’t know what my most illustrious article or bit of coverage has ever been — but this certainly must be right up there among the contenders! I’m pleased as all get-out to be part of the most recent issue, and I’m honored that some more folks might learn about Psalms From The Badlands. As a one-horse nobody here in small-press-ville, every thing out of the ordinary that happens feels like a miracle. So my heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped make it happen! In other news — you might notice some changes around the HQ. I’ve been busy tinkering. Click below for a brand new way to enjoy the video broadsides for PSALMS…so if you have a few minutes, why not spend them with some high-desert moments of Zen?

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SOMETHING RANDOM AND BEAUTIFUL

At long last we’ve got a QUICK SEARCH feature to CLICK THROUGH some of the website’s highlights.

The website has really grown over the years, and that can make navigating a chore! The braintrust here at the HQ thought we should do something about that! It’s hopefully helpful for those new to these parts, curious to see what we’ve been getting up to! It’s also intended to help old friends just looking to quickly discover things they might’ve missed! For you deep seekers, there are still secret little corners to discover — but this should make it easy to get a sense of some of the fun stuff through the years. A link to it also lives in the footer below, for quick and easy access.

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NM Book Award Honorees @ Drift Exchange

The New Mexico Book Awards and Drift Exchange cordially invite you to join them and a grip of recent winners and finalists for an event celebrating some of the best local books! For over 2 decades, the competition has, in the words of Paul Rhetts, sought “to uncover and honor the best in New Mexico books.” and this shindig aims to do just that! Peruse the honorees’ work and what you’ll instantly discover is the breadth of talents and voices across scores of genres right in our own backyard! And it’s yet another in Drift Exchange’s passionate curation and deep commitment to create a “platform for artists, musicians, and cultural workers in New Mexico” in their gorgeous upstairs space overlooking Central Avenue — the Mother Road herself, Route 66. DrunkSkull will be there with Psalms From The Badlands (our finalist in poetry last year), the DrunkSkull Sidewalk Cinema, and running a little giveaway for attendees — so come on by, check out the scene, and get yourself entered for a chance to win some books and whatnot!

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2026

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

DRiFT EXCHANGE @ SCARAB SPACE (MAP)

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NM Book Award Honorees @ Drift Exchange

The New Mexico Book Awards and Drift Exchange cordially invite you to join them and a grip of recent winners and finalists for an event celebrating some of the best local books! For over 2 decades, the competition has, in the words of Paul Rhetts, sought “to uncover and honor the best in New Mexico books.” and this shindig aims to do just that! Peruse the honorees’ work and what you’ll instantly discover is the breadth of talents and voices across scores of genres right in our own backyard! And it’s yet another in Drift Exchange’s passionate curation and deep commitment to create a “platform for artists, musicians, and cultural workers in New Mexico” in their gorgeous upstairs space overlooking Central Avenue — the Mother Road herself, Route 66. DrunkSkull will be there with Psalms From The Badlands (our finalist in poetry last year), the DrunkSkull Sidewalk Cinema, and running a little giveaway for attendees — so come on by, check out the scene, and get yourself entered for a chance to win some books and whatnot!

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Show Off!

The “Knife Game” T-Shirts are slowly making their way out into the world! Yes, streets from Ireland to North Carolina to Albuquerque to California are now blessed with the 2nd Annual Official DrunkSkull Books T-Shirt! X E Oaks’ badass artwork (celebrating both the moxie and misanthropy we like to embody here at the HQ) is likely stumbling through the back alleys and boroughs as you read this! So, to you fine souls who’ve already grabbed up yours — our sincere thanks! You really do help keep us going. And, if you haven’t got one yet? Well, fair warning…they’re only on offer for a little while — so don’t let indecision decide for you!

In other news — there are a couple of cool, in-person events on the not-too-distant horizon. So, should you find yourself centrally located in the Land of Enchantment in the next month or so, you might want to make plans to swing by. More on both events as soon as they’re nailed down!

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DrunkSkull Sidewalk Cinema + Independent Bookstore Day @ Page 1 Books

As Independent As It Gets!

DrunkSkull Books and Page 1 Books join forces to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day! KEEPING BOOKS DANGEROUS takes help from everyone! Here at the HQ we’re honored not only to have a few titles stocked on their shelves, but to also have a chance to bring the DrunkSkull Sidewalk Cinema to Page 1 Books — and share some of what we love about the small press! From timelapse videos of linocuts or collage covers, to animated drunk poems, to the video broadsides of the 2025 NM Book Awards finalist Psalms From The Badlands, we’ve got multimedia to share — and just like the popcorn — it’s always free!

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The Official 2026 DSB "Knife Game" T-Shirt

And here we go! Another year — another chance to show your support for all things DrunkSkull! This year we are lucky to have the amazing talents of E X Oaks on our yearly fun-fun-fundraiser! And, like DrunkSkull Books — we think it’s got just the right mix of danger and fun, of seriousness with just enough don’t-give-a-shit! As you probably know by now, we get up to some publishing and some mischief here at the HQ, so perhaps you share a similar sensibility? If so, we hope the t-shirt lets the world know that you’re deadly serious about doing all you can to #keepbooksdangerous while, at the same time, not some square or scold! And while we are painfully aware that big and serious things are happening out there in the world, there’s something to be said for carving out your own tiny little bit of peace by staying artistic, staying productive, and saving a little ember of joy for brighter days. So that’s what we’re hoping to do in 2026 and beyond! We’d be honored if you brought us with you during your own wander into better times.

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2025 Year-End Wrap-Up

What I Got Up To in 2025 -or- DrunkSkull Firsts in Poetry, Publishing, Production, and Publicity

It was a much bigger year than even I gave it credit for…so much so that I don’t want to re-make the whole list here! So, if you’re so inclined, peep the newsletter link below! Here’s to hoping 2026 treats us all a lot better!

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The Devil's Mistress...and some DRUNK POEMS!

The Birth of the Acid Western…So, I’ve jumped on board to help get this thing made, and you can too! If you’re interested, you can read all about it below — or visit the film’s website for even more info. Also, you might find some swag you’re interested in…every bit helps get the film over the line! It’s a distinctly New Mexican chapter of a familiar ripple in American Filmmaking. Check it out! How an unexpected archive revealed a lost chapter of film history.

In late 2018, I had recently completed my Ph.D. in Literature, Theory, and Cultural Studies, and was teaching a course called Film as Art in the English Department at New Mexico State University — the same course Orville Wanzer had taught 60 years before me.

As a scholar working across film, literature, and gender studies, I’ve always been drawn to the unconventional — to the places where art pushes against the grain of tradition. Wanzer’s work embodied that same resistance: a refusal to fit neatly into categories, a reaching beyond the boundaries of genre and convention. In his archive, I recognized a story that wasn’t just historically significant but also personally urgent. The Archive

144 reels, countless stories — a living history of the Southwest on film.

Over the past six years, I’ve worked to digitize nearly all of the 111 reels of 16mm films in Wanzer’s archive. What I uncovered was more than just Wanzer’s legendary The Devil’s Mistress (1965) — often considered one of the earliest examples of an “Acid Western.” The reels revealed fragments of his unfinished projects, outs from The Devil’s Mistress, student films spanning over two decades, and glimpses into the independent filmmaking spirit that was alive in the Southwest long before Hollywood took notice or film schools took root in New Mexico.

Wanzer’s archive is not just a time capsule — it’s a living history of the region’s first film school, which he launched at NMSU in 1966. For twenty years, he nurtured students who experimented with film outside the mainstream, leaving behind an untold story of cultural rebellion, desert landscapes, and visionary art. The Legacy

When the Western collided with counterculture, a new vision was born.

What began as an academic curiosity has grown into a full-scale documentary project: Birth of the Acid Western. The film explores the legacy of Wanzer and the strange, visionary subgenre he tapped into — a genre where the Western myth collides with countercultural visions, surreal storytelling, and the spirit of rebellion.

Rare Archival Footage – Films digitized for the first time from Wanzer’s collection.

Interviews and Testimonies – Scholars, artists, and those who knew Wanzer help piece together his legacy.

Cinematic Storytelling – The landscapes of the Southwest become a backdrop for a story about death, failure, loss, and what Wanzer descibed as, “the strange influence that some people have over others.”

This isn’t just a film about the past — it’s about how forgotten archives can reframe our understanding of art, history, and the American frontier.

And here’s a couple ANIMATED DRUNK POEMS that got lost in the shuffle of all the work for the PSALMS launch…better late than never! Enjoy!

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In Defense Of The Small Press... [INTERACTIVE PROJECT!!]

Watch our EXPLAINER to LEARN MORE about this free, interactive, real-world project!

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Books on the Bosque

Huzzah! We’re happy to report that you can also grab up a copy of Psalms From The Badlands at Books on the Bosque on Albuquerque’s West Side. This is all pretty new for us, and it’s pretty exciting! The default setting around the HQ is to not twist too many arms and simply get on with things without too much fuss. But we’d be lying if we said we haven’t been pretty excited about being a finalist in this year’s New Mexico Book Awards, and especially grateful for the awesome shops that have added Psalms to their shelves. I am forever grateful just for the chance to be there. So go tell anyone who will listen! As much as I hate to admit it, small presses have an uphill struggle getting into places where most book buyers go looking for books. So anytime some new reader has a chance ti discover us at a shop — I tell ya, it feels pretty darn great! I hope I never get used to this magic feeling.

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Winter Market at Flock of Moons!

Flock of Moons Brewery 111 Harvard Drive SE Albuquerque, NM 87106

December 14th, 2025 1PM - 4PM [Weather Permitting!] Free Event | 21+

Ho-ho-holy macaroni — the DrunkSkull Sidewalk Cinema is returning to Flock of Moons (and this time, hopefully we’ve got our audio sorted!)! 

You know what that means: mini-bookmaking documentaries, time-lapse footage of collage covers or linocuts, and, of course, animated "drunk poems" to inspire both guffaws and delights! There’ll still be popcorn and other freebies, and with so many rad vendors filling up the beer garden out back, you’ll surely be able to find a stocking stuffer or two — if not handle your holiday gift list entirely! So if you want to watch a little something we made, and maybe grab a box or two — come find us, we look forward to seeing you!

And if you’re not sure what the DrunkSkull Sidewalk Cinema is…well, hopefully this will help!

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A Week's Walk Away...

If you’re a week’s walk away, and you start walking now, you’ll make it to Flock of Moons Brewing Company just in time to see the unveiling of our newest little obsession — the DrunkSkull Sidewalk Cinema! It’s a way to share all the cool multimedia stuff we’ve gotten up to over the years with various book-related projects with more folks out there in the world and on the fly! Wanna see animated drunk poems? ”Video Broadsides” from NM Book Awards Finalist Psalms From The Badlands? Mini-documentaries about the creation of some of our special editions? Timelapse video of Lino-carving or maybe collaging? We’ve got you covered! You can learn all about it at the button below! Hope to see you there!