"[Practice]" by Leslie Harrison, 2017
Content Description
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
- 2017
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
A half-circle (moon crescent shape) of a water-blue outline printed with the poems' text in the middle of the circle. Letterpress print.
General
Designed by Lindsay Lusby and James Allen Hall and printed by hand by conference students on a Vadercook 4 Proof Press. Made in honor of the 2017 Cherry Tree Young Writer's Conference. Poem previously published in The Book of Endings (University of Akron Press, 2017) as well as in the inaugural issue of Cherry Tree inn 2015.
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository