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Broadsides are Back!

7/25/2014

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Here is a broadside project I completed a while back. I still have about 18 of them for sale, for those interested. Any funds will be used toward a writing workshop I've had my eyes on. Thanks!

“The Letter”
Broadside, 11” x 17” digitally printed on Arches watercolor paper
Poem: Michelle Castleberry, Image: Claire Owen
I have 18 of this limited edition broadside, each signed by poet and artist, $35.00


What happens when a boy in the Delta falls in love with the moon? This poem was my attempt at an answer. It was prompted by one of my drives through the Arkansas Delta and imagining the cotton fields at night. I was happy to collaborate with artist Claire Owen of Turtle Island Press. Her artwork captured the longing and mysterious adoration I hoped to express in the poem.

Claire Owen has been producing limited edition books since 1981. After receiving degrees in illustration and printmaking from Rochester Institute of Technology, she moved to Philadelphia and established her own imprint. Turtle Island Press books maintain many of the traditional aspects of fine print editions, using archival materials, and formal binding formats. Owen uses hand printing methods including etchings, woodcuts for her images. She collaborates with letterpress printers for the text, and her books are hand bound. Recently Owen has begun to use digital imagery of her drawing and painting in her bookwork, combining new technologies with traditional methods of reproduction.

For orders in the Athens/Clarke County or Oconee area, please contact me regarding pickup or delivery. For mail orders, please add $6 for tube and postage. Use the contact form for information or use the option under the "Shop" tab.



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World's Slowest Book Tour Continues

7/14/2014

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So Wednesday I drive back to Arkansas, the Homeplace. While I'm there, amid trying to find and devour the juiciest, ripe (hopefully Bradley County Pink) tomato, I'll do a reading at the local library. I'm a bit nervous but hopeful it will be a chance to share poetry with a crowd unlike any before. It's true - there's a strange comfort in reading in dimly lit bars with the crowd noise and anonymous circle of light. It feels a great deal like playing music once did. Stand up, take a big breath, and go. When the lights are up and everybody's sober as a deacon (Hi, Daddy!), it's a little riskier. We'll make a running go of it with whomever assembles.

After Arkansas, I have a little day-jaunt at Kennesaw State University at the Georgia Author of the Year Authors event where people can hear finalists and winners discuss their works and read from them.

In mid-August I'll head back up to Philadelphia for a reading at the Moonstone Arts Center. Details to come.

One more thing, contact me if you live in the Athens/Watkinsville, GA area and if you would be interested in a six-week beginner's poetry class. I am trying to gauge interest and would need at least 6 participants. Thanks and have a wonderful summer!
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