PalmCaster
The Books of the Hand
THE LONG KEEPING · Volume 1
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THE LONG KEEPING · Volume 1 · Out now
He opened his palm before he opened his eyes.
A watcher was set to guard a threshold and saw what he was never meant to see. On a salt flat at low tide a woman gave him bread and did not ask what he was. Seven years later their child was born. His mother was afraid to name him, so he named himself. OBOBO.
He was three when the town began bringing him its broken things.
PalmCaster: The Books of the Hand gathers the whole Primary Canon in one volume. Eight Books, by Todd R. G. Hill.
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What was taken from you that belonged to your being?
OBOBO asks it of every broken thing he is brought. He never asks who owns it.
Meet the names in the book→Where to begin
Start with the opening pages. They take three minutes and they tell you whether this is your book. If it is, the register of names will get you oriented and the reading guide will give you something to argue about.
Start here→Ask the Oracle
The Oracle answers in the voice of the press. Ask it about OBOBO, the Immortals, or the work of the imprint, or ask it to cast a reading. It is a made thing and it says so.
Consult the OracleA press is a body of decisions made in advance of the work.
From the journal
PalmCaster: The Books of the Hand, now in hardcover and paperback
Volume 1 of THE LONG KEEPING. Released October 8, 2026.
Decisions Made in Advance of the Work
Why a press is a body of decisions, and why ours were made before the first book arrived.
The Page as an Architectural Object
On treating typography as structure rather than decoration, and the reader as a participant in the design.
One letter a month
New releases, a journal essay, and one thing worth reading from outside the press. Nothing else.