Whitney Houston Loves the Punk Rock. And Vice Versa

Extreme Noise, one of our favorite places in all the Twin Cities and one of the first places to carry Are You There, God? It's Me, Whitney Houston, has sold out all of its copies! Thanks to you. Don't worry, though -- we'll drop some more off very, very soon. Thanks again for your support!

Soo Visual Arts Center = the Awesomest

Happy Holidays from your friends at Hell Yes! We hope that 2009 is wrapping up well for all of you and that you're as excited for 2010 as we are. So, some news and updates:



The Soo Visual Arts Center is a really wonderful non-profit arts organization located on Lyndale Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. You can check out their current shows right here. They do a whole lot of great stuff for the arts community and also, by obvious extension, for the community at large.

They do a really excellent job championing local art made by local artists, and they're also the latest place in the Twin Cities to carry copies of Are You There, God? It's Me, Whitney Houston.

Which is totally awesome, because, hey, fun fact: Are You There, God? It's Me, Whitney Houston would make an excellent holiday gift for virtually anyone you might know!

If you live in Minneapolis or St. Paul or the surrounding metro or are just passing through on some kind of adventure, please do stop by and support your local, independent business and non-profits. If you're out of the area, please do drop us a line via the contact information on the right side of the page -- for $5, we'll send it to you PPD lickety-split.


Thanks, as always!
your friends at Hell Yes

We're In Chicago Now

And soon the world: We can now be found in Quimby's, the best bookstore in all of Chicago, and Common Good Books, the best bookstore in all of Saint Paul. Go find us in these excellent establishments and support your local, independent stores (or you can send us a money order to the PO Box on the right and we'll send it to you PPD in a flash). Stay tuned for PayPal and more information on upcoming titles from your friends at Hell Yes.

Late Make-Up Years and Decline (1979-1983) by Dobby Gibson and Matt Hart

Late Make-Up Years and Decline (1979-1983)
Dobby Gibson and Matt Hart

February 2010.
Ya Heard.

Pre-orders will begin when we've got PayPal. Which will be soon. Cross our hearts. In the meantime, look for poems from this monster chapbook to be appearing in LIT and H_NGM_N.

Call For Submissions! We Want to Know What Love Is!

In your life, has there been heartache and pain? Well, now you can put it to good use!

Hell Yes is seeking work that explores relationships -- relationships that exist between people, between people and animals, possessions, inanimate objects, works of art, and/or other possibilities. We want work that tackles the shifting nexuses of bonds and ties.

But, really, let’s cut the shit: we are looking for love (poems) in all the wrong places. Please email us yours at hellyespress@gmail.com (subject: love poems) for consideration in this forthcoming anthology. Submission deadline to break hearts is Feb 14, 2010.

Happy, sad, or confused, get in the mood and send us some poems.

Hell Yes Expands Its Sphere of Influence!

If you live in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Are You There, God? It's Me, Whitney Houston. can now be found oh so very close to you at the following really excellent establishments:

Arise!
Treehouse Records
Extreme Noise

Support your local book and record stores! We'll be stocking our wares in other locations about town very soon, so stay tuned for more info.

Thanks,
your friends at Hell Yes

Hell Yes Press Announces Its First Title: ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT'S ME, WHITNEY HOUSTON.

Hell Yes Press announces its first title, Are You There, God? It's Me, Whitney Houston.

WHAT IS IT?

Are You There, God? It's Me, Whitney Houston. is a chapbook of poems and drawings. It's 32 pages, black-and-white, side-stapled twice in the very best zine tradition by a small band of dedicated peeps in it for the love of the game.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Are You There, God? It's Me, Whitney Houston. includes poems about, by, and for Whitney Houston, with special appearances by Bobby Brown and a few other people. It's sort of like an inquiry in the weird interstices that exist between celebrity and artistry, the public and the private, and us versus them, but in a way that's more awesome and fun than fussy.

WHO MADE IT?

Brad Liening.

HOW DO I GET IT?

Soon there will be a PayPal option on this site, but until then, please send a $5 money order for a single issue PPD to the PO Box on the right side of the page here. Wholesale rates on request. We'll send it to you.

The zine looks like this:





You can get an A/V taste of Are You There, God? It's Me, Whitney Houston. by clicking right here, and you can email us at hellyespress@gmail.com.