[BKARTS] New from Convivio Bookworks: Occident to Orient

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Book Arts Folks:

John Cutrone here, from Convivio Bookworks in Lake Worth, Florida. We  
approach, again, another solstice, another meaningful time to send  
another new project out into the world. And so Seth and I are pleased  
to announce our newest limited edition broadside, one that we send  
out in the spirit of timely peace and goodwill, a meaningful token of  
words on paper.

	OCCIDENT to ORIENT
	by Zaid Shlah

"We are writers and printers, a street of booksellers and readers was  
attacked and many were killed and wounded, and we are responding the  
best way we know how, by doing what we do." --Beau Beausoleil

On March 5, 2007, a car bomb was detonated on Mutanabbi Street, the  
centuries-old center of bookselling in Baghdad. In an attempt to  
bring something positive out of the destruction, a group of some 50  
letterpress printers around the world gathered together to create the  
Mutanabbi Street Coalition. The Coalition's goal was to respond to  
the tragedy with positive creativity: by printing the work of Iraqi  
poets and supporting Doctors Without Borders (a non-profit agency  
working to relieve suffering in Iraq and in other troubled areas of  
the world) through the sales of these broadsides.

Seth and I worked with poet Zaid Shlah on a beautiful piece in four  
movements called "Occident to Orient." The complete poem was printed  
letterpress in an edition of 100 illustrated copies on deckled  
Somerset paper. We printed it by hand on the Vandercook 4 Proof  
Press. Each broadside is signed by the author.

A significant portion of the edition was given to the Mutanabbi  
Street Coalition for the group's fundraising efforts, and for what  
remains, we, too, are donating 10% of the purchase price directly to  
Doctors Without Borders.

It was an honor to work with Zaid and to be associated with all of  
the poets and printers that together make up the Coalition, and we  
are honored now to share our work with you:

	http://www.conviviobookworks.com

From our homepage, click the "Our Catalog" link, then "Letterpress  
Broadsides." This is a rather special piece to us, and we hope you'll  
feel the same. Printing it, and pondering it later, I am reminded to  
count my blessings, as we get a chance to respond in the best way we  
know how, by doing what we do.

peace goodwill thank you
John


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 John Cutrone & Seth Thompson, proprietors
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