The Example of the Arts
– Out of Print –
Six poets were invited by the Scripps College Humanities Institute to give poetry readings over the period of a year. Some of the poems were ekphrastic, which means that the poem was inspired by a work of art. We asked each of the poets to allow us to print an ekphrastic poem. The students worked in teams to produce a book of these poems with either the original image that inspired the poem or new imagery. An edition of 85 copies was printed on nine colors of acid-free Passport text and was bound in a spine-laced paper wrapper. Both the Fall 1990 and the Spring 1991 typography students produced this book. It was signed by the 21 people involved in the making of the book, including the poets: Richard Barnes, John Hollander, Richard Howard, Donald Justice, Robert Mezey, and Rosanna Warren. The size is 7.5″ x 9.5″ with 41 printed pages.
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