This exhibition displays Steve Clay and Granary Books' substantial collection of visual, experimental, concrete, and sound poetry, as well as several Granary Books publications on this theme. On the occasion of the exhibition, Granary published an accompanying book by the same name, featuring a bibliography and other resources. At the Grolier Club in New York City, from April 23–July 26, 2025.

The exhibition was reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement, Brooklyn Rail, 4Columns, International Times, and Print.  

Online resources include:

• Virtual tour
• Online exhibition
• Opening Conversation...

Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most significant small publishers in the country. Selected items include printed matter in a wide variety of formats, among them Western and accordion-fold codices, broadsides, and a wall-hung contemporary quipu. The artists represented include John Ashbery, Susan Bee, Charles Bernstein, Ted Berrigan, John Cage, Henrik Drescher, Emily...

From The Ohio State University:

"The Rare Books & MSS Library has put up an exhibit of stunning books from the Library’s almost complete collection of works from Granary Books, one of the leading and most innovative publishers of artist’s books. The exhibit is in the Library’s Gallery, open Monday-Wednesday 10-6, Thursday 10-8, Friday 10-6, and Saturday Sunday noon-5.

The opening on January 21, 2010, was well-attended, and featured a presentation by Steve Clay, the publisher of Granary Books, who talked about the press...

From Scripps College:

"A book is read, an artist’s book is experienced.

Nineteen Scripps students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds from neuroscience to philosophy became book artists in Professor Kitty Maryatt’s class last fall. An exhibition of their bookworks is on view in the Lang Arts Studio 112 at Scripps College until Monday, February 19, 2007.

The Core III class, “From Materiality to Immateriality: The Coming of the Artist Book,” was one of more than 20 distinct courses that fulfill the final section of the...

The show included all of Granary's books to date—119 titles at the time—with work (including proofs, page spreads, drafts, mock-ups, e-mails and letters), by artists, poets, bookmakers, writers and printmakers, including: Susan Bee, Charles Bernstein, Ted Berrigan, Joe Brainard, John Cage, Robert Creeley, Henrik Drescher, Johanna Drucker, Timothy Ely, Ed Epping, Barbara Fahrner, Julie Harrison, Lyn Hejinian, Alison Knowles, Robert Kushner, Ligorano/Reese, Emily Mc Varish, Ron Padgett, Susan Rothenberg, Jerome Rothenberg, Carolee Schneemann, George Schneeman, Jack Smith, Buzz Spector, Ian Tyson, Trevor Winkfield, John...

Held at Granary Books in New York City, this exhibition featured a catalog with essay by Johanna Drucker.

We're checking in our archive, held at Columbia University Libraries, for more information. Check back soon!