Image + word
Image + Word is our online series featuring new work by artists and writers, interviews, collaborations, reviews, and more. We publish new work here every few months. Thanks for visiting and come back soon.
Poems by Nurit Kasztelan, with translations by Maureen Shaughnessy
Nov 18, 2024, 10:44 AM
Three poems by Nurit Kasztelan with translations by Maureen Shaughnessy. Nurit Kasztelan (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1982) is the author of the novel Tanto (2023), which was the recipient of an honorable mention for the National Award for Literature from the National Endowments of The Arts, and the poetry collections Movimientos Incorpóreos, Lógica de los accidentes and Después, which were published in English by Cardboard House Press as Awaiting Major Events. She coordinated the reading series…
Nine New Poems by Sophia Marina-Jerome
Sep 3, 2024, 9:09 AM
Nine New Poems by Sophia Marina-Jerome. Sophia Marina-Jerome is a poet from Mission, Texas. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from Columbia and an MFA in Literary Arts from Brown. Her work is published or forthcoming in Variant Literature, Ghost City Review, TAGVVERK, Second Factory, and DUNCE CODEX, among others.
Four New Poems by Tia Fishler
Jun 20, 2024, 11:11 AM
Four new poems by Tia Fishler. Tia Fishler (she/her) received her MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She currently lives, writes, bartends, teaches, and flourishes in Iowa City. Her work can be read or is forthcoming in Feminine Collective and Bullshit Lit. You can find her on X at @fishler_tia.
"sup lemme bum a" - a hand printed broadside and scratch-off featuring Adele Elise Williams and Henry Goldkamp
May 13, 2024, 2:05 PM
Broadsides - Edition of 35. 9x12 inches. Handmade paper by Jamie Capps (every broadside is different!). 20 point cardstock. Handset Centaur and Arrighi. Photopolymer. Hand printed on a Vandercook SP 15 and an SP 20 in Iowa City, Iowa. Scratch-offs - Edition of 40. 5x7 inches. Hand printed on a Vandercook SP 15 and a Vandercook SP 20. Handset Centaur and Arrighi and photopolymer. 20 point cardstock and gold scratch off paper.
New Work From Adele Elise Williams and Henry Goldkamp
Apr 13, 2024, 10:38 AM
New Work From Adele Elise Williams and Henry Goldkamp
"Mechanophilia" a hand printed broadside featuring Anna Christian
Jan 15, 2024, 2:04 PM
A letterpress print featuring "Mechanophilia" by Anna Christian. Edition of 30. 9x12 inches. Hand printed on a Vandercook SP-20. Text is Anna’s handwriting. Photopolymer plates by Boxcar Press. Silver sticker paper gifted by Tim Fay.
"Haag Cykell" - a hand printed broadside/shadow puppet featuring Sarah Minor and Johanna Winters
Jan 15, 2024, 1:45 PM
A letterpress print/broadside featuring the script for "Haag Cykell" by Sarah Minor and Johanna Winters. "Haag Cykell" is a collaborative shadow theater performance by Minor and Winters that premiered for a live audience at the Open Air Media Festival in Iowa City, June 2023, under the full Strawberry Moon. Using analog technology and chanted language, the performance prompts the audience to consider themes of isolation, invisibility, ugliness, and the history of "ululation," a vocalization of…
"Floriography" - a hand printed broadside featuring Kelly Hoffer on paper by Clara Reynen
Dec 18, 2023, 5:33 PM
A letterpress print featuring "FLORIOGRAPHY" a poem by Kelly Hoffer, from her book UNDERSHORE (Lightscatter Press, 2023). Paper by Clara Reynen: made using a deckle box and pigmented flax. Designed and printed by Margaret Yapp in Iowa City, Iowa. Edition of 30. 9x12 inches. Hand printed on a Vandercook SP-20. Digitally-set Iowan Old Style and vintage stamp set. Photopolymer plates were made by Boxcar Press.
"All Sirens in Johnson County" - a hand printed broadside featuring Alana Solin
Dec 18, 2023, 5:15 PM
This print features the poem "All Sirens in Johnson County" and a collage by Alana Solin. Designed and printed by Margaret Yapp in Iowa City, Iowa. Edition of 30. 9x12 inches. The text was hand printed on a Vandercook SP-15 and the image was printed on a Canon Pro 300 inkjet. The type is modified Garamond. Hanco Raven Black Letterpress Ink. Chrisbrook paper.
"Sanford, Michigan, II" - a hand printed broadside featuring Dana King on paper by Jamie Capps
Dec 18, 2023, 5:03 PM
This print features the poem "Sanford, Michigan, II" by Dana King. The paper was made by Jamie Capps: pigmented Thai Kozo made in the Japanese nagashizuki method on an 18 x 24" sugeta. Designed and printed by Margaret Yapp in Iowa City, Iowa. Edition of 30. 9x12 inches. Hand printed on a Vandercook SP-20. Digitally-set Garamond and hand tracing of Highway Gothic. Photopolymer plates by Boxcar Press. Hanco Raven Black Letterpress Ink and hand applied blue ink. The image is based on a…
"A Shadow on A Shadow": Lindsey Webb reviews "UNDERSHORE" by Kelly Hoffer (Lightscatter Press, 2023)
Oct 1, 2023, 7:59 AM
Lindsey Webb reviews "UNDERSHORE" by Kelly Hoffer.