{"id":43323,"date":"2020-11-30T09:10:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T14:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=43323"},"modified":"2020-12-14T12:36:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T17:36:22","slug":"pandemic-poems-from-cold-turkey-press-mistress-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/11\/pandemic-poems-from-cold-turkey-press-mistress-death.html","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Poems From Cold Turkey Press: Mistress Death<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The handmade, 16-page chapbook is not about Covid-19<\/a>, but the virus is present in every line<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘How used we have become \/ to strangled cries.’ \u2014Lev Ozerov, Portraits Without Words<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19 has killed at least 266,000 people <\/a>in the United States 
since February<\/a> and has enveloped nearly every part of the country.
This chart shows the average number of cases per month<\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The sewn binding of the chapbook is being stitched as I type. Here are some photos of the work in progress. Specifications are 16 pp;\u00a0\u00a0trim size of 260 x 200 cm.; deckle edge cover paper:\u00a0Barcham Greens, 300 grams, waterleaf 1960;\u00a0deckle edge interior paper:\u00a0Hodgkinsons Laid. Priced at 29 euros, plus postage. Enquire for purchase here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cover (recto and verso)<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Drawing by Gerard Bellaart.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Drawing by Antonin Artaud<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Painting by Michael Borremans.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Drawing by Gerard Bellaart.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A \u2018brunaille\u2019 by Adriaen van de Venne (1589-1662)<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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