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Artist Bio

Longtime Hamtramck, MI resident, Steve Hughes is the writer and publisher of the zine Stupor. Although he might spend too much time drinking beer in local bars, these are his favorite spots to listen to other people talk and to collect their stories, which he digests, then writes and finally assembles into a Stupor. He collaborates with local and national artists who accomplish unique designs and layouts for every issue. Stupor is sold at many stores that offer small-press magazines such as Printed Matter in New York City and Leopold’s Books in Detroit. Hughes is also co-owner of the Public Pool art space in Hamtramck. He runs his own building and renovation company as well. www.gasfanzine.dk/documents/GAS04.pdf

ArtX Project Description

Title: Stupor: a Treasury of True Stories
Medium: Book Launch & Reading
Year Created: 2011
Description: For the last 16 years, Steve Hughes has been listening to people he meets in Detroit bars, diners, laundry mats and bus stops talk about their lives. He writes and then publishes the stories they inspire in his zine, Stupor. Their stories – of infidelity, drunkenness, disappointment, and, sometimes, dumb luck – are told like they’re being spoken from the barstool next to you, as raw as they are real. Stupor: a Treasury of True Stories is a collection of 14 issues designed by some of Detroit’s most talented artists in a unique collaboration that depicts a place and its people like no other publication of its era.