How Big is Home?
Newark, VT: Janus Press, 2020. Original Wrappers. Fine binding. Item #10966
Octavo. [2], 71, [3] pp., illus. Limited edition, one of 120 numbered copies. Sewn longstitch with three different colors of thread into St. Armand Papeterie's Canal paper with small printed embellishment on front cover. Letterpress printed in black and brick red on Canaletto paper. Strikingly illustrated with photographs, ink knife images, and collages, all of which are digitally printed, many are folding. In card slipcase with printed paper label on the spine. A fine copy.
A remarkable collection, Luck's lyrics are by turns searching, defiant, and resigned, but always personal and human "I thought when I threw away the bus transfers / I used again and again / I would lose this turbulence / in the coming and going / from here to there." A wonderful book of poetry, wonderfully illustrated by Luck; and here beautifully designed and printed in the inimitable fashion of the Janus Press. And few Janus Press books are issued without some novel playfulness or unique element to their structure. Here, a three-leaf section with short "grook" poems, one on top and one on the bottom of each page that has a horizontal cut across the middle so the top and bottom of each leaf turn independently, allowing the reader to navigate these several poems in a less prescriptive manner.
Price: $250.00