My staff of thousands informs me that the Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library has acquired the Granary Books archive. So publisher and library will mark the occasion with a bit of hoopla and an exhibition that opens Sept. 8, the day after Labor Day. It’s called . . .
The Book Undone: Celebrating Thirty Years of Granary Books
Granary Books
with arrow pointing
to my sliver in the stack
The party on Sept. 16 (ok, they refer to it as “the reception”) will feature a distinguished lineup of speakers — poets, writers, artists, book designers, and scholars — all of whom have been published by Granary Books: Charles Bernstein, Johanna Drucker, Vincent Katz, Daniel Kelm, Emily McVarish, Jerome Rothenberg, and Buzz Spector.
Here’s a notice worth quoting:
“It’s difficult to fully describe the range and impact of Steve Clay’s Granary Books. Beginning in 1985 he has concocted a mix of poets, artists, printers, and craftspeople whose work defines an era and fundamentally shapes our understanding of the artists’ book.”
— Mark Dimunation
Chief of Rare Book and Special Collections Division
Library of Congress
Which makes me wonder how a book of mine snuck in there. It’s just a sliver in the stack, but maybe that’s what Dimunation meant by “concocted.”
Mark your calendar:
The Book Undone: Thirty Years of Granary Books runs from Tuesday, September 8, 2015, through Friday, January 29, 2016
Reception and exhibit will follow 7:30-9pm in Butler Library, 6th floor
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
6:30-7:30pm in Butler Library, Room 203
Both events are free.
Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Butler Library 6th floor
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027
(212) 854-8481
