Founder of The Chicago Perch, Candor Arts, and For the Birds Trapped in Airports, Matthew Austin shares creative anecdotes, photographs, and analyses about how he came into this publishing work and where it goes from here. 

Back-cover text:


It's difficult to concisely describe the nature of your book because it's a fluid mixture of so many things. It is somehow a memoir, an autobiography, a nervous glimpse into your most vulnerable diary entries; it's a skillful and emotive photo book, a cultural critique of capitalism, an educational resource of cautionary advice for anyone looking to start a small business in the arts; it's a poetic essay about family, friendship, growth, loss, grief and surrender. And... presented in a way that feels reminiscent of how I might imagine my whole life flashing before my eyes - a rapid sampling of every event, every observation, every detail, from the deeply meaningful to the mundane... this book overall feels like your earnest attempt to answer: "What happened? And what have I learned?"

Edited by Sara J. Winston
Paperback edition
Published and produced by For the Birds Trapped in Airports

About the publisher:

For the Birds Trapped in Airports is an imprint, bindery, and space where learning happens. We publish books in a collectivist profit-sharing model between artists, supporting them with collaboratively designed handmade editions in a long-term mutual support framework.