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"The Impatient Mermaid" by Matthea Harvey, 2015

 Item — Oversized box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 5
Identifier: MSS 0586- File 2- Item 5

Content Description

From the Collection:

This collection includes 77 broadsides of poetry and prose by various authors collected by UNCG professor and poet Emilia Phillips. Each broadside contains a poem or excerpt, the poet's name, and a colophon describing printing information. There are various printmaking processes used, including digital, letterpress, and relief printing. Papers used include both handmade and machine-made. The broadsides were collected between 2009 and 2020, though some are undated.

Dates

  • 2015

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 2.00 Linear Feet (1 oversized flat storage box.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Description

Bronze printed silhouettes of many little figures that look like women on the top half and guns as their feet/tail. Image by Matthea Harvey. Letterpress printed.

General

Designed by Jehanne Dubrow and printed by hand by Mike Kaylor on a Vandercook 4 Proof Press in honor of the visit of Matthea Harvey. Poem and image first published in If the Tabloids Are True, What Are You? (Graywolf Press, 2014).

Repository Details

Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository

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