betweenthehighway is founded by Alex Benedict. Alex is from the Cuyahoga valley. Currently, he is a tutor at the University of North Carolina's Writing Center. Walking to work between the highway, clerking at a gas-station, he started betweenthehighway press in order to further a scattered tradition of North American Buddhist poetry and help the food insecure. Poetry printed on receipt paper & placed in a gas station cash slip.

1. "[cattle]"

120 in. x 2.25 in. receipt-book from puddlethumb published by betweenthehighway press. printed with thermal receipt paper and encased in a gas-station cashslip.

puddlethumb's "[cattle]" is an etymological tunneling through the word 'cattle'. if the Buddha's silence blows out suffering, it must blow out language. dying piece by piece, cattle's blood drains quicker if the heart is beating.

2. "apa rtm ent"

40 in. x 2.25 in. receipt-book from beumuth published by betweenthehighway press. printed with thermal receipt paper and encased in a gas-station cashslip.

beumuth, in "apa rtm ent", is on the road to rehumanization, unattending human capital redeployments.

3. “From the Eye of Noah” by Joey Puckett

52 in x 2.25 in
learn how to ROTC binge drink
not far from Chris Farley’s tomb

4 & 8. “yezo garland” by puddlethumb

120 in x 2.25 in

skandha scaffolds
based on Shiraishi Chieko’s Shikawatari
and Stephen Ratcliffe’s REAL

9. “Mechanical Ode to a Snake” by Alexandre Ferrerre

46 in x 2.25in.

pressing leaves into asphalt
abandon yourself

10. “SPL ICE” by Nick Felaris (graffiti) and puddlethumb (writing)

112 in x 2.25 in.

feedback loop
between poems and graffiti