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This book examines the multiple instances throughout history when there have been attempts to wipe out knowledge to maintain power. The text is handwritten with stamps and handbound using a Coptic stitch. Research was done using the book A Universal…

This book contains 12 stories about beetles, of which Cooksey wrote 7. The book was made to withstand being used as a field guide but also have exquisite craftsmanship. The beetles are made using photopolymer plates, painted with alcohol ink on…

The book is bound in a drum leaf style with a breakaway spine. Lovett wrote a poem about Ann Lovett, a 15-year-old who shares her name from Ireland. In 1984, Ann died after giving birth to a stillborn in a Grotto of the Virgin Mary. The artist Lovett…

Diametric is a dos-a-dos formatted book letterpress printed on Somerset paper. The two sides with black or white paper utilize the same words. Single words are inked on with the opposing word debossed in the background of the page spread, such as…

There are two texts within this book. The poem is letterpress printed in seven colors. The essay, “Future Preterite” uses digital type. The book serves as a dialogue between the poet and the literary critic essayist (both are Gallo). It is a…

Spiral notebook of pictures. Page is a transgender man and has never seen himself in male role models like his father. To remedy this, Page recreated photos of his father around the same age. He made this book to increase trans representation in Book…

This book contains objects associated with femininity such as pink heart paper dollies, white doily placemats, and green office ledger papers. The satirical text on how to "operate" women is adapted from the Missouri Department of Revenue Motorcycle…

Heynen wrote a fictitious poem about an old mare and an older barn. In the poem, the adults fail to see the value in the barn and want to destroy it, while the boys wish to save it. The book is constructed with handmade paper, handset letters, and a…

A portfolio of 12 folded leaves in a handmade black linen box. Each leaf contains stamps that are not official but represent parts of history that are glossed over, such as the United States’ use of Agent Orange and the bombing of Hanoi, Vietnam in…

A double-sided accordion structure with mixed media linoleum cut images and polymer plate printed text. Interior Landscape responds to The Journals of Sylvia Plath with Harris’s own experience of balancing motherhood and artistry. Sylvia Plath was an…