1 SEPT 07
Doing the first-book interviews, I tried to credit each cover designer and artist and link when possible to their sites. I avoided singling out any cover for praise, though of course I am very opinionated on the subject.
Lately, I've been looking a lot at the cover of Brenda Iijima's new book, Animate, Inanimate Aims (published by Litmus Press), and I just want to say: I really like it. There's no title and no author's name on the front cover! Just as radically, the opening and closing pages of this book of poetry--14 pages in the front and 15 in the back--aren't poems but visual art, drawings and collages, primarily the work of the author. The cover art is also Brenda's (to find out more about Brenda Iijima's projects, visit yoyolabs.com).
The book's design is by HvADesign (Henk van Assen and Amanda Bowers, whose studio is in Brooklyn--see more about them here). Click on this image to enlarge:
Here are a few of the 2-page spreads of art (you can also click on these to enlarge):
Arriving at the poetry from the pictures is extremely satisfying...
but to experience that you'll really need to buy the book.
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