Image + word

Image + Word is our online series featuring new work by artists and writers, interviews, collaborations, reviews, and more. We publish new work here every few months. Thanks for visiting and come back soon.

Two New Poems by Dana King

Aug 14, 2023, 4:19 PM

Two New Poems by Dana King

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In Conversation: Sarah Adler and Loryn Cook

Jun 28, 2023, 12:21 PM

In Conversation: Sarah Adler and Loryn Cook, June 2023. Edited for length and clarity. Sarah Adler is a Philly-based writer and educator. She received her MFA from the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program. She is currently working on her first book, a collection of interrelated essays exploring Internet stalking, gossip, and Jewish assimilation in America. Loryn Cook is a New York City-based artist practicing across a wide variety of mediums - from micro-sized ceramic installations to…

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MENTAL GYMNASTICS - a hand printed broadside featuring Tramaine Suubi

Jun 20, 2023, 2:12 PM

A broadside featuring the poem "Mental Gymnastics" by Tramaine Suubi. Margaret made a folded letterpress print using Tramaine's poem as inspiration for the images.

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EMMY'S CHORUS: a hand printed broadside featuring Sarah Adler and Loryn Cook

Jun 20, 2023, 1:52 PM

A collaboration between Sarah Adler, Loryn Cook, and our Image + Word editor Margaret Yapp. This print features an excerpt of the essay "Emmy's Chorus" by Sarah Adler and images by Loryn Cook. Margaret made a letterpress print combining the two: photopolymer plates made by Boxcar Press and Margaret and gouache on cream Magnani Pescia paper. Printed on a Vandercook SP-20 in Iowa City, Iowa. 9x11 inches. Edition of 40.

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"i dreamt i was a squid" - a hand printed broadside featuring Katrice Kelly

May 27, 2023, 5:31 PM

A collaboration between Katrice Kelly and Margaret Yapp. Margaret made the letterpress print based on Katrice's tufted work "i dreamt i was a squid". Legos, photopolymer plates, 10 point metal Centaur, metal stars, and crayon on Magnani Pescia paper. 8x10 inches. Edition of 25.

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