A POETICS OF HIROSHIMA.
- Rochester, NY: Black Bird Press, The, 2010.
- folio (18.5 x 14 x 1.25 inches)
- loose signatures housed in cloth clamshell box
- (24) loose sheets
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Order Nr. 142222
Limited to 15 numbered copies signed by Heyen and Marx on the colophon. Fine in fine clamshell box.
A portfolio of loose sheets containing William Heyens poem illustrated with six etchings by Robert E. Marx. Each of the etchings have been numbered and signed by Marx. There was also an additional special portfolio numbered I, of which this is not one. The portfolio was printed on Rives BFK and Arches paper. The type is Centaur, Arighi and Goudy Old Style, hand set and printed on an R. Hoe & Co. hand press at The Black Bird Press, Rochester, New York.
Of the six etchings, five are in b&w and one is in color. Of the five b&w etchings, one is a duplicate.
"A Poetics of Hiroshima" previously appeared in Great River Review, The Seventh Quarry (Wales), and was featured in the book A POETICS OF HIROSHIMA & OTHER POEMS (Wilkesbarre, PA: Etruscan Press, 2010). It was reprinted in Pushcart Prize XXXIV (2010), whose poetry editors were Wesley McNair and Rosanna Warren. This edition was revised for The Black Bird Press edition by William Heyen.