An ad hoc collective of of the present day York artists and writers has published The People's Guide to the Republican National Convention.

An ad hoc collective of of the present day York artists and writers has published The People's Guide to the Republican National Convention, a 33-by-22-inch full-color map, flocked to look like those issued by way of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority to navigate mass transit. Printed impudence and back, the map contains a colorful plan of Manhattan toniced to sites ostensibly of interest the two to convention delegates and protester Also included are a calendar of RNC and assert venues, vignettes by artist contributors and decoratively printed quotations from a range of sources, from the Constitution to Kathy Acker. With information onward cheap places to eat and bathroom locales, push resources and transportation, the map has a potentially drawn out shelf life. For those with more contrarian interests, entries as it is as "Delegate Hotels" and "War Profiteers" (the fresh York headquarters of the Carlyle clump Rand Corporation, Lockheed Martin et al.) could confirm handy. Printed in an initial glide of 25,000, the guide sold more than 1000 copies by the agency of The People's Guide Web site (www.rncguide.com) within brace days of posting. The price is $2 or $3 through map, depending on the quantity ordered.

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