Weekly newsletter: Brush your teeth

This week: beautiful books, wild comedies, and more... 

This week: beautiful books, wild comedies, and more... View this email in your browser Hey y'all, Here are 10 things I thought were worth sharing this week:    Some solid advice from Patti Smith illustrated by my 3-year-old: Brush your teeth.   It is really expensive, but if you can get your hands on a copy of Agnes Martin: Paintings, Writings, and Remembrances, it is a downright gorgeous book, with life-size facsimiles of Martin's handwritten lectures and notes bound into the pages. (Read some excerpts over at Brain Pickings.)     I started Patricia Lockwood's Priestdaddy and it is very wild and very funny. Her interview on the Longform podcast is worth a listen.    Looking for some end-of-summer reads? I got you.   I had a chat over coffee with my friend Mike Rohde on the Sketchnote Army podcast and we talked about all sorts of stuff, including how much I love this video of Ralph Steadman in his studio.   Ear candy: I splurged on some new noise-canceling headphones for flying (they're way cheaper at Costco, btw), so I've been listening to all kinds of old favorites. On this last trip it was King Geedorah's Take Me To Your Leader and Grizzly Bear's Veckatimest. (The former had me re-read this profile of MF Doom by Ta-Nehisi Coates.)   If you like dark comedies, I watched The Death of Stalin on a plane flight and really liked it. (Armando Iannucci also directed Veep, In The Loop, and The Thick of It.)   Some #showyourwork advice: How to write an artist bio and Dave Pell on why newsletters are so valuable.   Coolest thing this past week: I saw Saturn's rings with my own eyes!   Encouragement from the author of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters: "Every full moon we can howl at is a victory." Thanks for reading! If you like this newsletter and want to support it, forward it to a friend, tweet me some love, or best of all, buy my books! If you're seeing this newsletter for the first time, you can subscribe here. xoxo,  Austin PS. There was some trouble with last week's email, so if you didn't get it, check your spam folder. (To help ensure you always get these emails, add me to your address book!) Austin Kleon is the author of Steal Like An Artist and other books. Subscribe to this newsletter   Copyright © 2018 Austin Kleon, All rights reserved. My mailing address is: Austin Kleon 4301 W. William Cannon Dr. Suite B 150 #241 Austin, TX 78749 You're getting this email because you signed up for it at austinkleon.com. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Amazon Affiliate links offset the cost of sending these missives. (And pay for diapers.)