Boxes with Respect

Presented in a deceptive container suggesting a codex, the book expands into three dimensions, or boxes, which contain Hahn's stanzas. Each of Hahn's small prose poems describe singular, ordinary articles - a spiral notebook, sneakers, a pillow - in a manner similar to Gertrude Stein. The boxes are open, drawing the reader in, as if they too might find exactly that object within. Interleaved pages of tissue and heavy paper bear additional illustrations and verses; some of the former are embroidered directly in threads of many colors. Divided into two sections: "Boxes with Respect to Millay," and "Boxes with Respect to Moore." Produced by Cordeiro and Ewald on the occasion of the 2011 Center for the Book Arts Chapbook Competition. Light rubbing along joints, else near fine in patterned paper over boards. One of 100 copies. Signed by the artists, Ana Paula Cordeiro and Brigid Ellen Ewald, who together designed, printed, and bound the book.