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African American : a handbook
Title
African American : a handbook / by Tia Blassingame.
Publication
New Haven, Connecticut : Primrose Press, 2020.
Physical Description
12 unnumbered leaves ; 20 cm
Notes
Limited edition of 20 copies, unbound and issued in laser-engraved birch wood box.
Each 28 x 20 cm leaf printed double-sided and folded to 14 x 20 cm. Some sheets are single folded and others are gate folded.
Arts Library Special Collections have copy no. 4.
Summary
"The poems in African American: A Handbook were written over the course of four decades during trips to New Mexico, the Netherlands, Russia; artist residencies in New York and New Hampsire; and living in Connecticut, New Jersey, and California. Third in the series after Negroes: A Handbook (2015) and Colored: A Handbook (2020), African American combines digital and letterpress printing in Archer typeface, handmade paste papers partially dyed with persimmon juice and indigo. May this book #5 of twenty copies bring you joy and insight"--Colophon.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 24, 2021
Contents
chapter one: Wish you here
chapter two: [no title]
chapter three: Grunion dating
chapter four: Icon
chapter five: Mental note #1
chapter six: Eloquent in his praise
chapter seven: [no title]
chapter eight: #3
chapter nine: Henry H. Garnet
chapter ten: [no title]
Subjects
Genre/Form
boxes (containers)
poetry.
artists' books (books)
Poetry.
Artists' books.
Specimens.
Poetry.
Artists' books.
Unbound sheets.
Handmade papers.
Dyed papers.
Also listed under
Primrose Press, publisher.
Faber Birren Collection (Yale University)
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