Kevin Sampsell

Author.Editor.Publisher.Collagist

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  • Late Summer Somethings

    Late Summer Somethings

    Here’s where I’m hitting the road in September. I hope to see you!

    Kevin Sampsell

    June 5, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Clash, collage, Denver, Events, Kansas City, Nashville, portland, Readings, St. Louis, Wichita
  • Beautiful Blemish: Collage Edition!

    Beautiful Blemish: Collage Edition!

    Last week on my Instagram page, I did something I’m not a big fan of: Ask for help. After draining most of my bank account on a dental bill followed by treatments for vertigo, 2022 was starting to look like a pretty broke-ass year already. But I’ve always found a way to dig myself out…

    Kevin Sampsell

    March 15, 2022
    Uncategorized
  • Interview at The Weird Show

    Interview at The Weird Show

    I am honored to be featured on the great art website, The Weird Show. I was interviewed by one of my favorite collage artists in the world, Andrea Burgay. Enjoy!

    Kevin Sampsell

    October 4, 2021
    Uncategorized
  • What Even is Now?

    What Even is Now?

    It’s mid-2020 and the world is simultaneously burning down and rising up. The weirdest year possibly ever. The “president” sucks. The coronavirus is a menace. The police are dicks. The wrong people are dying. Karens are abusing their cell phones. Sports are put on pause! But. But! Some social justice work is finally happening, at…

    Kevin Sampsell

    July 4, 2020
    Uncategorized
    collage, coronavirus, Novel, Powell’s, Publishing
  • Working It!

    Working It!

    As the summer slides into fall, I find myself with a plate getting fuller. This post sort of doubles as my to-do list. Haha. Projects I’m working on for the next few months… Just did final edits and now working on production of the next Future Tense release by Felicity Fenton and her lyric essay…

    Kevin Sampsell

    October 10, 2018
    Uncategorized
  • Kolaj Fest Was Hot!

    Kolaj Fest Was Hot!

    I went to New Orleans last month and participated in the first ever Kolaj Fest, organized by Ric Kasini Kadour and Christopher Byrne of Kolaj Magazine. The whole festival gathered almost 200 artists from around the world and offered talks, demos, parties, gallery walks, and a collage making space (run by me and my friend…

    Kevin Sampsell

    August 5, 2018
    Uncategorized
    Aaron Beebe, collage, Danielle Krysa, Jay Berrones, Kolaj Fest, Kolaj Magazine, New Orleans
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Sports

    So, yeah–I wrote a long-ass essay about being a Cardinals football fan for forty years. It’s up at Longreads and I felt such a weird relief and catharsis writing it. In many ways, being a sports fan (mostly football and basketball) is as big a part of me as being a writer or father. I…

    Kevin Sampsell

    February 3, 2018
    Uncategorized
  • Twenty + Twenty Five

    On November 25th, 1997 (it was a Tuesday), I started working at Powell’s. I couldn’t have guessed that I’d still be there twenty years later or what an important part of my life it would be. Being a bookseller, event coordinator, and champion of small presses at the largest bookstore in the world feels like…

    Kevin Sampsell

    November 26, 2017
    Uncategorized
  • Mom’s Fading Mind

    I wrote an essay about my mom’s struggles with Alzheimer’s and it was published at Longreads. It was a hard and emotional thing to write but was greatly aided by recordings I made of various conversations with my mom. Here are some photos of my mother, who is still living in the Olympia area. We’re…

    Kevin Sampsell

    August 11, 2017
    Uncategorized
  • Goodbye 2016

    It’s almost over, folks. The nightmare that was 2016 is coming to a halt. Sure, there were a few good things but let’s be real–society and the world lost its shit. But let’s try to spin back to some good stuff. A few things I feel good about lately… I talked about some of my…

    Kevin Sampsell

    December 17, 2016
    Uncategorized
    2016, Books, Moonlight, Nashville, Snow
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