25 July 2016
Student Work - Ashley White
Ashley White is a student at Herron School of Art & Design whose work with books arts was displayed in the library this last Spring semester.
22 July 2016
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Broadsides
A selection of broadsides from the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition collection. This collection is a response from around the world to the March 5, 2007 bombing of Al-Mutanabbi street in Baghdad. A street of booksellers where poets and intellectuals would gather to write, browse, and share ideas.
"Speak Out" printed by Melissa Kaup-Augustine.
"Pulp/Pulpe" printed by Jane Kennelly and Michael Caine.
"Kitab + Katib" printed by David G. Kirby.
"Markey Forces Runon" printe by Tony Kranz.
"Two Poems to My Son Ali" printed by Tom Leech. Text by Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati, translated by Mouah A. Khouri and Hamid Algar.
21 July 2016
Chrysalis - Artist Book
"Chrysalis" is one of our newest books from the artist Julie Chen. The book has been added to our main collection.
20 July 2016
KnownUnknown - Artist Book
"KnownUnknown." An accordion style pocket artist book made by Sha Towers that explores how people can be both known and unknown through the ephemera they leave behind. Whether it is as a box of old photos, or as the posts that pop up through social media. This piece is available to view from the library artist book collection.
19 July 2016
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Broadsides
A selection of broadsides from the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition collection. This collection is a response from around the world to the March 5, 2007 bombing of Al-Mutanabbi street in Baghdad. A street of booksellers where poets and intellectuals would gather to write, browse, and share ideas.
"Mutanabbi Street Memorial Reading" printed by Melissa Fine.
"A Book Is Like a Garden" printed by Caren Florance.
"Al-Mutanabbi Street March 5, 2007" printed by Peggy Gotthold and Lawrence G. Van Veltzer.
"Ways to Count the Dead" printed by Jill Hearne. Text by Persis M. Karim.
"Snow Falls" printed by Barbara Henry.
18 July 2016
Bone Vessel - Artist Book
"Bone Vessel" is an artist book in the Herron Library collection made by the artist Bonnie Stahlecker. It was made using found text and animal rib bones.
15 July 2016
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Broadsides
A selection of broadsides from the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition collection. This collection is a response from around the world to the March 5, 2007 bombing of Al-Mutanabbi street in Baghdad. A street of booksellers where poets and intellectuals would gather to write, browse, and share ideas.
"Al-Mutanabbi" printed by Michael Day.
"Barrenness" printed by Michael Day. Text by Buland al-Haydari, translated by Mounah A. Khouri and Hamid Algar.
"One" printed by Marie C. Dern. Text by Beau Beausoleil.
"Where My Books Go" printed by Annette Disslin. Text by William Butler Yeats.
"A Home on al-Mutanabbi Street" printed by Trisia Eddy. Text by Richard Harrison, translated by Antoine Sassine.
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