Category: Review
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In the Stitch
In the StitchChika Ito2026 12 pages4.13 × 5.83 in. closedSewn-pamphlet with unbound card, needle, and thread inserted; enclosed in a belly bandInkjet printingEdition of 88 In the Stitch is a slim yet surprising pamphlet by Chika Ito. The artist, who works as a paper conservation lab technician and makes her own inks, can wring maximum…
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“Tear Gas Flash Bangs Fires” Consume Us and Will Consume this Book
“Tear Gas Flash Bangs Fires” Consume Us and Will Consume this BookPaul Valadez2026 286 pages9.5 × 13.75 in. closedUnbound altered bookInk lettering on cover with graphite and watercolor insideUnique (1 copy) Most of the books I review have been donated to Artists’ Book Reviews — an exchange of artistic and critical labor. If anything, it…
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Serpents
SerpentsPhilip Zimmermann2025Spaceheater Editions 2 volumes, 40 pages and 60 pages10.325 × 8.5 × 0.75 in. together in slipcasePamphlet and double-pamphlet stitched softcovers with wrappersHP indigo printing inside with foil-stamped covers and blind-embossed slipcaseEdition of 60 copies Philip Zimmermann calls Serpents a “visual and poetic rant” about 2025, the Year of the Snake. Having survived 2025,…
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Warten
WartenConstanze Kreiser2021 20 pages8.25 × 5.75 in. closedPamphlet stitchDigital printing with graphite and cut-out embellishmentsVaried edition of 20 copies Warten is a book about waiting for a book about waiting. Constanze Kreiser created Warten (“waiting” in German) while waiting for a copy of Maurice Blanchot’s Awaiting Oblivion to arrive at a local bookstore. Created in…
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Workshopping at WSW
Workshopping at WSWEmily Larned2025Alder & Frankia 22 pages4.375 × 11 in. closedSaddle stitch with gate foldsRisographEdition of 500 Workshopping at WSW is essentially a catalog of workshops held at the Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY — except the workshops are from 1983–1999, and some of them never ran. The staple-bound pamphlet is part of…
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how to build a ____.
how to build a ____.Madeleine Aguilar2023bench press Issues:1. Madeleine Aguilar2. Ray Madrigal3. Jane Ferry4. Bex Ya Yolk 24 pages7 × 8 in. closedSaddle stitchRisograph printingEditions of 250 Madeleine Aguilar calls how to build a ____. “a series of artists’ responses to organizing their creative practice in 20 steps.” I wouldn’t usually begin a review by…
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The Streets Are Very Quiet
The Streets Are Very Quiet(You Look Like The Right Type, Book 2)Mark Addison Smith2022Printed at Fort Orange Press 448 pages9 × 6 × 2 in. closedSmyth-sewn, case-boundDigital printing inside with foil-stamped coverFirst edition of 150 The Streets Are Very Quiet belongs to a series of daily drawings titled You Look Like The Right Type, which…
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American Weather
American WeatherMary Margaret Alvarado and Corie J. Cole2024NewLights Press 64 pages9.25 × 7 in. closedLink-stitched softcover with detachable jacketRisograph inside and letterpress coverEdition of 200 American Weather is a collaboration between writer Mary Margaret Alvarado, artist Corie J. Cole, and publisher Aaron Cohick. Alvarado first published the titular essay in 2015, in the immediate aftermath…
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praying for joy
praying for joyIsabel Baraona2025 20 pagesSaddle-stitched pamphlet6 × 9.5 in. closedDigital printingEdition of 50 Praying for joy is a short pamphlet containing a single poem by Isabel Baraona. A single poem, but one created by remixing and redacting two earlier pieces. Praying for joy shares its title with a painting series from 2010 and deals…
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Interruption: A List of Words and Phrases
Interruption: A List of Words and PhrasesJulie Graves KrishnaswamiDesign by Megan Mangum2022the jenny-press Self-covering accordion with thread loop for hanging7.5 × 5.5 in. closedOffset printingEdition of 300 Interruption: A List of Words and Phrases is based on Julie Graves Krishnaswami’s 2021 Interruption Carbon Series. The original drawings, made through an elaborate process with stenciled vinyl…
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