Credit

CREDIT by Mathew Timmons. Blanc Press, September 2009. "Almost all of America's wealthiest citizens are poorer this year." CREDIT is an 800 page, large format, full color, hardbound book, released by Blanc Press in Los Angeles-the longest, most expensive book publishable through the online service, lulu.com. Divided into two sections, Part A: Credit-26 parts (a-z) and Part 2: Debit-10 parts (1-10), CREDIT is a highly revealing and emotional work chronicling a personal tale of credit. In late spring 2007 as an irrational exuberance and promise of financial fortune hung in the air, mailboxes were filled with generous and gracefully worded offers of credit. Just over two years later, in midsummer 2009, the shape of the financial environment changed radically and mailboxes still filled up with statements of credit. Something had to change, offer turned to obligation. Retailing for $199.99, CREDIT is a book the author himself lacks the cash or credit to buy. Mathew Timmons' CREDIT has been roundly endorsed by a number of artists, writers, editors and critics, including: Harold Abramowitz, Stan Apps, Marcus Civin, Brian Joseph Davis, Ryan Daley, Craig Dworkin, Brad Fliss, Lawrence Giffin, James Hoff, Maximus Kim, Matthew Klane, Janne Larsen, Matthias Merkel Hess, William Moor, Joseph Mosconi, Holly Myers, Sawako Nakayasu, Sianne Ngai, Ariel Pink, Vanessa Place, Dan Richert, Ronald Quinn Rudlong Jr., Ara Shirinyan, Danny Snelson, Erika Staiti, Brian Kim Stefans, Robert Summers, Rodrigo Toscano, Matias Viegener and Steven Zultanski.