Reading Room collects essays and visual projects about the practice of reading and documents the reading residency series hosted by dispersed holdings in the fall of 2016. The book was due to launch at Printed Matter’s 2020 Los Angeles Art Book Fair, which was canceled for the pandemic, and instead launched at the Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair.

Reading Room was named one of the “20 Best Art Books of 2020” by the Brooklyn Rail.

You can enjoy a reading from the book at Radio Innommable, featuring David Richardson, Sal Randolph, Helen Singh-Miller, Madelyn Kent, and the dispersed holdings appendix chorus.

Reading Room can be purchased from Printed Matter and dispersed holdings.

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Reading Room. Exhibition catalog and essay collection published by dispersed holdings. Edited by David Richardson. Graphic design by Nicholas Weltyk. 432 pages 4-color offset print, 4.625 × 6.5 inches. First edition, 2020: 300 copies.