Shirley Graham
Blue Notes—20 poems
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"Shirley Graham's poems are marvelous—magical and metaphorical; they range from seemingly simple descriptions that are not simple at all, but carefully crafted perceptions, to playful philosophical musings that are as wise and discerning as the bluest eye, each one as surprising and poignant in its effect as the blue vase she so aptly captures. I am reminded of the poems of Roo Borson—deceptively simple in appearance, a lot more gets said than the few words would lead one to believe. And it is said beautifully.
— Pearl Luke
Colophon: Cover 6" x 8 1/2", with French flaps. Paper: Environment Smooth Natural White 80lb, 100% recycled, 50% sugar cane fiber. Cover blind-embossed on flap with "island poets" in 48 pt Palatino. Title and author hand-set in metal type and letterpress printed by Peter Haase on a 100-year-old C & P platen press. Type: Italian Old Style Roman 36, 30, 24 pt. cast by Jim Rimmer of Pie Tree Press. Two colours of blue ink, handmixed. Linocuts created & printed by Peter Haase; vase and cup on a table & colour sweep across bottom of cover. Endpapers handmade by Reg Lissel: 100% deckled cotton with pieces of summer seaweed, dried arbutus & wasp nest, harvested on Salt Spring Island. Vat sized and air dried. 2nd endpaper: Classic Linen, Haviland Blue 60lb, 60% recycled. Text paper: Concept Vellum, Sand, 60lb, acid-free. Text set in Aldine. Layout by Mark Hand Design. Book designed, edited and constructed by Mona Fertig. 28 pages. Handsewn with blue embroidery thread from France. Inside text printed by Imagine That Graphics — Salt Spring Island — on a Xerox Phaser 7750GX. Chapbook comes in bi-orientated polyproylene acid-free bag. Numbered and signed by the author. Published by (m)Öthêr Tøñgué Presš — October 2005. © 2005 Shirley Graham.
About the Author: Shirley Graham has written poetry and prose for three decades. Her work has been published in numerous literary magazines. She grew up in California, studied with various writers in the U.S., and then, with her husband, the poet Peter Levitt, and their son Tai, moved to Salt Spring Island where she writes, works as a psychologist, and enjoys the green life and the blue one too. Blue Notes is her first Canadian chapbook.
Edition: Limited Edition of 125.
ISBN: 1-896949-32-0
Year: 2005
Price: $30 CND plus $3.00 shipping
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