Sunday, January 22, 2023

on friendship and dreaming by Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey (1994)


 on friendship and dreaming 

Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey

Hershey Studios

Cannon Beach, OR

(c)1994

2nd edition.


Handmade book, part of a series produced by this lady. Each book fancy cursive handwriting. I am acknowledging it but it does not resonate with my creative palette. 

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Where Are We Now? by Peter Waterhouse (1999)


 Where Are We Now?

Peter Waterhouse

Duration Press

(c) 1999

translated by Rosemarie Waldrop

Part of the Duration translation series, this is #10 of that series. 

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Portrait of the Alcoholic with Shattered Pelvis by Kaveh Akbar (2006)


 Portrait of the Alcoholic with Shattered Pelvis

Kaveh Akbar

Monster House Press 

(Phamplet Series) 003

Bloomington, IN

(c) 2016

This single poem booklet appeared the year before Akbar's book Portrait of the Alcoholic (2017). Appears signed on front cover. Staple bought, interesting find. 

Jokey Poems Up to Ten by Carmen Jimenez Smith


 Jokey Poems Up to Ten

Carmen Gimenez Smith

Dusie 

( ?)

I am acknowledging the existence of this booklet. That is the extent of my comments. What Dusie does sometimes is beyond my comprehension

Monday, January 09, 2023

3 chapbooks by Nancy kuhl


 

In the Arbor 

Kent State University Press

Kent, OH

(c)1997

26 pages, staple-bound chapbook. 

Little Winter Theatre

Ugly Duckling Presse

Brooklyn, NY

(c) 2011 

Non-standard sized hand sewn chapbook. One of 500 printed. 


The Nocturnal Factory

Ugly Duckling Presse

Brooklyn, NY

(c)2008

27 pages. Velum flyleaf page. 


all three present different aspects of the author's work and all three are rare as her other books are all perfect bound books. 



Not technically a chapbook - Romanian book of Diane Wakoski's work


 Norii magelanici

Diane Wakoski 

Editura Univers

Socialist Republic of Romania 

(c)1981

While this is NOT technically a chapbook due to its page count, I am mentioning it here because it's a rare (for being in the USA) and handsome oddly sized book - not published in English. There is no writing on the spine so I will be storing it with chapbooks so it doesn't get lost. 

Embroideries by Denise Levertov (1969)


 Embroideries

Denise Levertov

Black Sparrow Press

(c) 1969

Back in the beginning of Black Sparrow, books were hand-sewn chapbooks. This one is signed. Beautiful artifact of a time gone by.