House of Possibility

front cover of the artist's book House of Possibility
page from the artist's book House of Possibility

Title

House of Possibility

Subject

Creative Writing, Studio Arts

Description

"Poems are reprinted from ""Straight out of view"" and ""Coming back to the body""""... the fifth in a series of collaboratively made books. It was designed and hand-printed by Regula Russelle and CB Sherlock, and bound with the generous help of Margit Ahmann, Britta Clark, Marvel Gregoire, Ali Lillehei, and Karen Kinoshita, all in the studios of Minnesota Center for Book Arts.""--Colophon. ""The text is hand-set Caslon, originally from Emerson Wuling's Sumac Press; images and titles were translated to photopolymer plates from original ink drawings by CB Sherlock. Papers uses are Bunko-Shi for inside pages, Facade Cream ... for the covers, and sturdy Kaji for the ribbons that bind the book together.""--Colophon. Issued in paper slipcasePublished in an edition of 72 copies""Book 5""--Colophon Accordion Productions: ""House of Possibility contains five poems by Joyce Sutphen that touch on the theme of vocation and on connection to place. We designed the book so that each poem has its own frame the way a painting has a frame or a Japanese alcove. The woven binding we chose permits the book to lay completely flat and be displayed as if it were a print. ""Individual pages are held together with ribbons of paper without the use of glue. This makes the book feel light and limber when it's held. As to paper, we chose one that is beautiful, but robust enough so that it invites unconcerned handling. It was made by a Japanese man who has since died. Maybe his name is Bunko-Shi (that's the name of the paper)."" ''From Out the Cave', The Farm, and Potato Meditation are reprinted from Straight Out of View with the gracious permission of Holy Cow! Press. Duluth, Minnesota. Copyright 2001, Joyce Sutphen. In the Beginning and Homesteading first appeared in coming Back to the Body, Holy Cow! Press, Duluth Minnesota. Copyright 2000, Joyce Sutphen."" www.poetryfoundation.org: ""Joyce Sutphen grew up on a farm in Minnesota. She earned a PhD in Renaissance drama from the University of Minnesota, and has taught British literature and creative writing at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota. Her first collection of poems, Straight Out of View (1995), won the Barnard Women’s Poets Prize. Subsequent collections include Coming Back to the Body (2000), a Minnesota Book Award finalist, Naming the Stars (2004), winner of the Minnesota Book Award, and First Words (2010). She has received a McKnight Artist Fellowship and a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship and was named Minnesota's Poet Laureate in 2011."" http://vampandtramp.com/finepress/a/accordion-productions.html"

Creator

Sutphen, Joyce

Publisher

Accordion Press Collaborations

Date

2012

Rights

Format

"1 volume (unpaged); color illustrations; 28 x 14 cm.

Denison's copy is no. 39 of 72 and is signed by the author."

Language

English

Barcode

35108007274673

Location and Call Number

DEN Spec Coll N7433.4.S88 .H68 2012

Collection

Citation

Sutphen, Joyce, “House of Possibility,” Digital Exhibits | Denison University Archives & Special Collections, accessed March 29, 2024, https://exhibits.denisonarchives.org/items/show/292.