Issued in an edition of 40 numbered copies, unbound and issued in a laser-engraved, lidded wooden box. Special Collections has copy number 3/40, initialed by the artist. IaU Artist-made paste paper dyed with persimmon, ash, iron oxide, and indigo, digital printing, original poetry. Each 20 x 28 cm leaf printed double-sided and folded to 20 x 14 cm. "The poems in Black: A Handbook were written over the last thirty-five years during artist residencies in New York and New Mexico, and living in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Southern California. ... Fourth in the series after Negroes: A Handbook (2015), Colored: A Handbook (2020), and African American: A Handbook (2020), Black combines digital printing in Tribeca and Optima typefaces with handmade paste papers partially dyed with persimmon juice, ash, iron oxide, and indigo."--Colophon.
Contents:
ch. 10. Courting phrasebook. ch. 2. Seahorse -- ch. 3. Poison oasis -- ch. 4. Waiting room -- ch. 5. Untitled -- ch. 6. Little man inside my chest left -- ch. 7. Lights glisten -- ch. 8. The portrait of a young black man -- ch. 9. Eartha Kitt and Orson Welles -- ch. 10. Courting phrasebook.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1341850500
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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.