Bruce Hainley PEP TALK is the first collection of the author's writing, bringing together an amazing selection of republished and unpublished interviews, critical essays, and poems. Every single text in this collection is guaranteed to light your fire if you have any wick at all. As writer, critic, poet, teacher, mentor and more, Hainley is incomparable and irreplaceable to us in Los Angeles and those engaged with contemporary art anywhere. This monographic issue also includes contributions from artists Richard Hawkins and Dianna Molzan.