Reading in the Imposter Mode

The memoir of a biblio-fraud. 

Reading in the Imposter Mode is a practice of skimming, gleaning, flipping through, letting a book fall past you as you briefly glance at the cascade of tumbling pages, and then turning to confidently declare: it’s genius. It’s overrated. It simply can’t be described. You have to read it. Don’t bother. 

Hardcover pamphlet, 28 pages. Foil-embossed front & back cover. Printed in riso with Brown & Fluorescent Pink, plus faux-CMYK endpapers. Each edition comes with a mask-bookmark. 

Written by Lauria Joan and designed by Ilona Samcewicz-Parham. Limited first edition, published in 2026. 

Reading in the Imposter Mode
Lauria Joan
Pseudo Press, 2026

95 x 216mm, 32 pp; English
Hardcover, pamphlet, clothbound, embossed, riso printed
Edition of 200