Born in Seoul, Oki Sogumi currently lives in Philadelphia. We weren’t familiar with her work and so we’re forever grateful to Face Press in Cambridge who produced this beautiful edition of these dreamy, troubled poems. Beyond the poet’s interest in rebellion, speculation, waywardness, and the politics of care, there’s a genuine warmth here that really hooked us in and hasn’t quite let us go.
Every time you feel like you know where you're headed with this gorgeous looking pamphlet something comes along and jabs you in the neck. Whether it was the little girl with her collection of tortured insects, the brooches of milk teeth, or the unchanging views of Prague in the red View-Master - there’s a kind of spooky dream world here, full of uncomfortable detail, beautifully rendered. More please!
After admiring our display of artists’ books, Robert Powell kindly sent us a copy of his own limited-edition box of poems. Fifteen poetic portraits of rivers in and around the city of York are partnered with fifteen atmospheric black and white drawings, printed in photo-lithography on paper that’s thick and cottony. Delightful as a boat ride.
The fear that colleagues can identify the sound of one key - backspace - being struck repeatedly and thus that a person is being judged and assessed on the number of errors and deletions made vs. work actually produced.
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