Tag: 2024
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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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Last Pages
Last PagesRahel Zoller2024Edition Taube Perfect-bound softcover200 pages6.25 × 9.25 in. closedOffset printing Review by Michael Hampton In her extended collection of illustrated final page samples, torn from discarded books found in various street book swaps, recycling bins and gutters of European cities during the summer of 2022, Rahel Zoller presents the reader with an extended…
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Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.: Citizen Printer
Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.: Citizen PrinterAmos Paul Kennedy, Jr.Design by Gail Anderson and Joe NewtonPhotography by Aundre LarrowForeword by Austin Kleon and essays by Myron M. Beasley and Kelly WaltersLetterform Archive2024 Smyth-sewn hardcover with exposed spine292 pages9 × 12 in. closedOffset printing Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.: Citizen Printer was published by the Letterform Archive in…
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Bibliographic Performances & Surrogate Readings
Bibliographic Performances & Surrogate ReadingsJanelle Rebel2024The Everyday Press Perfect-bound softcover with French folds353 pages5.25 × 7.75 in. closedLetterpress cover, offset inside Bibliographic Performances & Surrogate Readings is a bibliography of bibliographies. Not just any bibliographies, though — author Janelle Rebel is both an artist and a librarian, and the collected bibliographies reside at that same…
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Two Blank Books
The Collected Poems of Donald J. TrumpBrad Freeman20245.75 × 6.5 in. closedSingle-signature clothbound hardcover40 pagesInk jetEdition of 50 I Have Nothing to Say, and I am Saying ItLandry Butler20246.25 × 9.25 in. closedPerfect-bound hardcover200 pagesDigital printing This month’s review departs from my usual format, just as November 2024 has been an unusual month. I am reviewing two books together, and the books are, not…
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Been Magic * Been Real
Been Magic * Been Real: A Guide for an Everyday RevolutionHelina MetaferiaCenter for Book Arts2024 7 × 65 in. openPaper scroll in cardstock enclosure with leather strapRisographEdition of 250 Been Magic * Been Real: A Guide for an Everyday Revolution is inspired by centuries-old Ethiopian healing scrolls. The 65-inch, vertical scroll combines text and image,…
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The Usual Arteries
The Usual ArteriesErin DorneyIlluminated Press2024 4.25 × 4.25 in. foldedSingle cut and folded sheet in a paper slipcaseInk jet inside with letterpress and screen printed slipcaseEdition of 250 The Usual Arteries is a single illustrated poem on a single sheet of paper that nevertheless unfolds into a captivating reading experience that thoughtfully engages the book…
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Jericho’s Daughter
Jericho’s DaughterWarren Lehrer and Sharon HorvathEarSay2024 6.75 × 9 in. closed50 pagesSoftcover dos-á-dos with wraparound cover and string and button enclosureHP Indigo Jericho’s Daughter reimagines the biblical story of Jericho, this time told from the perspective of Rahab, the Canaanite prostitute who is spared by Joshua when the Israelites raze Jericho and who, having converted…
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