"This book was designed and typeset by Ugly Duckling Presse using Jan Tschichold's Sabon and Jeremy Mickel's Fort. The text was printed and bound by McNaughton & Gunn in Saline, Michigan. The cover was printed in Brooklyn, New York by Prestige Printing (offset) and Ugly Duckling Presse (letterpress) on Mohawk Via cover. Nine hundred copies of the first edition are distributed to the trade; one hundred copies are set aside as a special edition, with each copy containing ephemera from every publisher featured in the book."--Colophon.
Contents:
Glossary: notes on printing terms, printers, publishers, producers, and print shops. Scott Pierce (2010) -- Matrix Press & Goliard Press / Tom Raworth (2005) -- Tuumba Press / Lyn Hejinian (2005) -- Elcctio Editions / Alan Loney (2007) -- Quelquefois Press & The Perishable Press Limited / Mary Laird (2005) -- Gnomon Press / Jonathan Greene (2015) -- Poltroon Press / Alastair Johnston (2007) -- Druckwerk / Johanna Drucker (2008) -- The Hermetic Press / Philip Gallo (2012) -- Granary Books / Steven Clay (2008) -- Chax Press / Charles Alexander (2008) -- Vehicle Editions / Annabel Lee (2018) -- INK-A! Press / Inge Bruggeman (2016) -- Ugly Duckling Presse / Anna Moschovakis & Matvei Yankelevich (2008) -- NewLights Press / Aaron Cohick (2012) -- Effing Press / Scott Pierce (2010) -- Glossary: notes on printing terms, printers, publishers, producers, and print shops.
Summary:
"The publication of Donald Allen's The New American Poetry in 1960, as well as the Vancouver and Berkeley poetry conferences, sparked a poetic renaissance. It was an era rich in exploration and innovation that articulated a new relationship between form and content. Simultaneously, American artists began working with the book as a creative medium that rivaled the European tradition of the early twentieth century. This book is the first collection of interviews with some of the pioneers working at the intersection of the artists book and experimental writing that continues to this day. Includes interviews with Keith & Rosmarie Waldrop, Tom Raworth, Lyn Hejinian, Alan Loney, Mary Laird, Jonathan Greene, Alastair Johnston, Johanna Drucker, Philip Gallo, Steve Clay, Charles Alexander, Annabel Lee, Inge Bruggeman, Matvei Yankelevich, Anna Moschovakis, Aaron Cohick, and Scott Pierce."--Publisher's website (viewed 2021 June 16).
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.