ABOUT THE EDITOR

Dead Mall Press is run by me, R.M. Haines (known personally as Matt). I was raised in a rural, southwestern Ohio town of about 3,000 people. I'm a first generation college graduate, holding also an MFA and PhD. I left Ohio in 2003 and have since lived in southern California, northern Texas, and Indiana. In the summer of 2024, I returned to Ohio and now live in the Dayton area, where I work as an online adjunct instructor in English and creative writing. 

My writing has appeared in a variety of places, most recently The Tiny, Works & Days, Not for Resale, Protean, and Prolit. My first full-length collection of poems, A Dark Address, was released in April 2020 as a free PDF. Publishing it that way was largely a political decision against the conventional, career-oriented routes to publication that were available to me. In 2024, I released a self-printed copy of the book, and you can read about that and order one here.

In March of 2022, I started this press, and in addition to publishing other authors, I've also released some of my own work: Three Essays, Interrogation Days, and Poem at the Going Rate. And starting in summer of 2023, I began publishing essays and poems on a separate blog, Out of Its Wooden Brain. There, you can find translations of Tristan Tzara, new original poems, and essays about John Cassavetes, the Minutemen, Bernadette Mayer, and more—all for free. (Tell your friends.)

In fall 2024, I am phasing out the self-publishing aspect of Dead Mall Press. My future work will be released on my blog’s book store. Paid subscribers get discounts on my books, free pamphlets, and other ephemera.