ɪnðə mˈɪd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z, hiː fˈaʊndᵻd ðə pˈɛɹɪʃəbəl pɹˈɛs lˈɪmɪɾᵻd ænd ðə ʃˈædwɛl pˈeɪpɚmˌɪl, ænd sˈuːn ˈæftɚ dʒˈɔɪnd ðə fˈækəlti æt ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv wɪskˈɑːnsɪn mˈædɪsən, wˌɛɹ hiː tˈɔːt fɔːɹ mˈoːɹ ðɐn θˈɜːɾi jˈɪɹz.
In the mid-1960s, he founded The Perishable Press Limited and the Shadwell Papermill, and soon after joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he taught for more than thirty years.