Friday, October 24, 2008

Calendar Girl: The Manila Broadsides, Volume 2

Forthcoming: SPLIT DECISION, the bound edition of Volume 2 Broadsides. Visit us at our book fair table, AWP Chicago 2009.

Volume 2 Broadsides are available individually, in sets of 3 (of your choosing), as whole sets (unbound), and in the final bound edition. Click on the images below to view larger versions.


October



Poems by Dorothea Lasky, James Tate, and Dara Wier
Screenprint and drawing by Robert daVies









September



Poems by Rauan Klassnik, Justin Marks, and Lisa Olstein
Screenprint by Tricia Gray









August



Poems by Sommer Browning, Hazel McClure, and Aaron Tieger
Screenprint by Carrie Siegel








July



Poems by Elizabeth Bradfield, Kevin Gallagher, and Jon Thompson
Screenprint by Bartleby









June



Poems by Paige Ackerson-Kiely, Zachary Schomburg, and Janaka Stucky
Drawing/Polymer Plate by Vanessa Irzyk









May




Poems by Jennifer Firestone, Dorothea Lasky, and Sarah Rosenthal
Screenprint by Scott Chasse









April




Poems by Lily Brown, Betsy Wheeler, and Mark Yakich
Letterpress Print with Wood Type by Mike Dacey







Each of the Manila Broadsides, Volume 2 is 10x22" on Rives BFK, perforated to be torn into 3 panels. The text was set by hand in metal type in the typeface Caslon and printed on a Vandercook SP20 by Mary Walker Graham and Jeremiah Gould at Rope-a-Dope Press Collaborative.

Thanks, as ever, to all of the Manila poets and artists. And especially to Mike Dacey for sharing his Vandercook with us.

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