Hello, all!
Absolutely excited to be by your side this week!
Let's get started, shall we?
POETRY COVERS are what I've been asking a handful of incredible poets about over the past few weeks. They've responded with passion and enthusiasm and in so doing have made it clear to me that the visual world of poets is a secret world that they will gladly share if asked, if pressed, if cajoled....
Having done a bit of this cajoling, I'll be sharing here the covers that they've shared with me, and some of their thoughts about their choices, as well as their thoughts about covers in general. (Steve Burt, for instance, has a Cease and Desist list of painters that need to be retired from poetry covers for the next five years!)
Over the next week, I welcome and encourage you to share your own favorite poetry covers, and any images of or thoughts on book covers in general.....
(for instance, this one's a beaut.)
Phoebe
Roadster duet image from 2 or 3 things....
Cover image from Caustic Cover Critic
The ape cover reminds me of WWI propaganda posters.
I think one of the best cover designers in recent years is Tree Swenson. Unfortunately for the book arts, she has stopped designing in order to concentrate fully on the Academy of American Poets.
Posted by: Laura Orem | July 27, 2009 at 02:46 PM
This is going to be really interesting, especially the Cease and Desist list (to which I would add Milton Avery's painting of two women on a sofa (can't think of the title). I like the painting but it has been on several book covers and in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors. Enough already.
Posted by: Marissa Despain | July 27, 2009 at 04:02 PM
laura,
wd be great to have links to images or examples of tree swenson's work-- let me know if you find any good ones.
all best,
phoebe
Posted by: phoebe | July 30, 2009 at 02:37 PM