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Ash Bowen's poetry has appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Blackbird, and Black Warrior Review, among other publications. He lives and works in Texarkana, AR.

Jennifer Jabaily's poetry has appeared in Mannequin Envy and Fickle Muses. She's a second-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

Ashley Anna McHugh is a third-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Measure, DIAGRAM and Memorious as well as other publications.

Johnathon Williams's poetry has appeared in Best New Poets 2009, the Pebble Lake Review, and Unsplendid. He lives in Fayetteville, AR, with his wife and daughters.

Broadside designs I like. And you?

By Johnathon Williams on Dec 2, 2009

I’m collecting examples of good broadside design for some future projects. These are some of my favorites so far.

Further recommendations are welcome in the comments.

In The X-Ray of the Sarcophagus of Ta-Pero
Oneiros Press
Designed by Shawn Sheehy.

The Madness of Kong
Ithaca Typothetae

Painful Alphabet
Colored Horse Studios

I Didn’t Sleep
Printed by Shari DeGraw
City Lights Books

Search Party
Cannibal Books
Designed by Katy Henrichsen
Printed by Effing Press

2 Comments // broadsides, design, letterpress

The New Old Media

By Johnathon Williams on Nov 30, 2009

A profile of small press publisher Jon Beacham, who handcrafts letterpress editions of American poetry from the 50s and 60s: “Beacham hand-sets every edition, aligning each individual letter into words, paragraphs and pages. A page can take up to two hours.”

0 comments // bookmaking, letterpress, small press

Beautiful letterpress greeting cards

By Johnathon Williams on Nov 29, 2009

Having taken a sudden interest in poetry broadsides, I went Googling last night for examples of good broadside design, but found instead these beautiful letterpress greeting cards from Sycamore Street Press. They’re enough to make me want to start my own print shop.