Maxine Gadd

Fire in the Cove

"The new Maxine Gadd – another lovingly made edition from – (m)Öthêr Tøñgué Presš restores to our attention an important voice from the heady days of Vancouver's poetry renaissance."

– George Fetherling.

Colophon: This gorgeous book is 7 1/8" x 9 1/8", handsewn, with 52 unnumbered pages of text in Arial Black and Comic. The Cover is hand-constructed to create a non-adhesive binding that slips around the body of the text. Cover paper is Keaykolour Metallics Rusted 80 lb text from Europe ( with a unique surface sheen evocative of sheared oxidized metal or a burning wood fire). Title: Arial 60 & 32 pt. with hummingbird embossed on the front cover and black ink behind image, printed on a C & P Platen press by Peter Haase. Title and author and press letterpressed on the 1/4" spine. Folded cover end paper: Voice Rye, recycled 80 lb text. Inside text printed on a digital Xerox 480 on recycled Paradox Smokey 70 lb text. Text endpapers; Voice Rye. Center of book: a full page colour xerox of an island midden ( close-up photograph). Tipped-in linocut of "Maxine's cabin" by Peter Haase. Design, typesetting, layout, photograph and book construction by Mona Fertig. Signed and numbered. Comes in an archival polyethene bag.

About the Author: Maxine Gadd's first book in 20 years. Previous books and chapbooks include; Boatload to Atlantis, Backup to Babylon, Styx, Lost Language-Coach House Press, Westerns-Air Press, Hochelaga-blewointment, Guns of the West-blewointment, Practical Knowledge-Intermedia.

Edition: Limited edition of 100.

ISBN: 1-896949-20-7

Year: 2001.

Price: $55 CND plus $4.00 shipping