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WHEN WILL THE BOOK BE DONE?: GRANARY'S BOOKS Edited by Steven Clay |
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A Reader's Guide by Charles Bernstein READ >> Introduction by Steve Clay READ >> |
For over fifteen years, Granary Books has brought together bookmakers, writers and artists to explore verbal/visual relations in the time honored spirit of independent publishing. With a foreword by Charles Bernstein and an introduction by publisher Steven Clay, When will the book be done? features complete lists and descriptions of nearly 100 artists' books, writer/artist collaborations and books of theory pertaining to books, writing and publishing. Each book is annotated with quotes from the artists and writers, critical notes, bibliographic information and full color illustrations. "At Granary, books are not neutral containers
but are invested with a life of their own, conceived as objects first
and foremost, entering the world not as the discardable shell of some
other story but piping their own tunes on their own instruments.…curiously,
this particular book, this book of books, provides something that no
one of the books depicted possibly can. For the images and texts…make
a picture not just of discreet works but also of something that cannot
be contained by a book, a publisher: a publisher's aesthetic, a publisher's
production." |
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