{"id":44149,"date":"2021-02-03T13:17:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T18:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=44149"},"modified":"2021-02-20T23:06:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T04:06:00","slug":"moloko-print-two-new-books-of-poems-in-bilingual-editions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2021\/02\/moloko-print-two-new-books-of-poems-in-bilingual-editions.html","title":{"rendered":"<font size=\"5\"><em>Moloko Print<\/em><\/font><br>  <font size=\"6\"><b>Two New Books of Poems in Bilingual Editions<\/font><\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One is by yours truly, <em>Your Obituary Is Waiting.<\/em> It&#8217;s a collection of &#8220;deformed sonnets,&#8221; with German translations by Gregor Pott and &#8220;flypaper collages&#8221; by Norman Ogue Mustill as counterpoint. The book design by Robert Schalinski, the paper, and the print quality are to die for, no pun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.molokoplusrecords.de\/finder.php?folder=Print&amp;content=74\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.molokoplusrecords.de\/finder.php?folder=Print&amp;content=74\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"533\" data-attachment-id=\"44163\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/your-obituary-moloko-coverepigraph2020\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/YOUR-OBITUARY-MOLOKO-coverepigraph2020.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"666,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"YOUR OBITUARY MOLOKO cover+epigraph [Moloko Print, 2020]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/YOUR-OBITUARY-MOLOKO-coverepigraph2020-300x240.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/YOUR-OBITUARY-MOLOKO-coverepigraph2020.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/YOUR-OBITUARY-MOLOKO-coverepigraph2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44163\" title=\"See the listing in the Moloko Print catalogue.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/YOUR-OBITUARY-MOLOKO-coverepigraph2020.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/YOUR-OBITUARY-MOLOKO-coverepigraph2020-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The other is <em>The Return<\/em> by William Cody Maher, also bilingual, with German translations by Walter Hartmann and photos by Signe M\u00e4hler, designed by Ralph Gabriel. And again the quality of the production, the artifact itself, is stunning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.molokoplusrecords.de\/finder.php?folder=Print&amp;content=111\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"438\" data-attachment-id=\"44168\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/the-return-by-william-cody-maher-2020\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/THE-RETURN-by-William-Cody-Maher-2020.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"666,438\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"THE RETURN by William Cody Maher+ 2020\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/THE-RETURN-by-William-Cody-Maher-2020-300x197.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/THE-RETURN-by-William-Cody-Maher-2020.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/THE-RETURN-by-William-Cody-Maher-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44168\" title=\"See the listing in the Moloko Print catalogue.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/THE-RETURN-by-William-Cody-Maher-2020.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/THE-RETURN-by-William-Cody-Maher-2020-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, in a joint production, Moloko and  Sea Urchin Editions have released <em>The Ex-Terr Poems <\/em>by Ed Sanders with his drawings, in an English-only edition designed by Anneke Auer. I haven&#8217;t seen the book itself but I would bet the quality of the artifact matches the others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.molokoplusrecords.de\/finder.php?folder=Print&amp;content=64\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"449\" data-attachment-id=\"44201\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/the-ex-terr-poems-by-edward-sanders-molokosea-urchin-2020-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/THE-EX-TERR-POEMS-by-Edward-Sanders-molokosea-urchin-2020-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"666,449\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"THE EX-TERR POEMS by Edward Sanders (moloko:sea urchin, 2020)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/THE-EX-TERR-POEMS-by-Edward-Sanders-molokosea-urchin-2020--300x202.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/THE-EX-TERR-POEMS-by-Edward-Sanders-molokosea-urchin-2020-.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/THE-EX-TERR-POEMS-by-Edward-Sanders-molokosea-urchin-2020-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44201\" title=\"See the listing in the Moloko Print catalogue.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/THE-EX-TERR-POEMS-by-Edward-Sanders-molokosea-urchin-2020-.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/THE-EX-TERR-POEMS-by-Edward-Sanders-molokosea-urchin-2020--300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One by yours truly, &#8220;Your Obituary Is Waiting.&#8221; It\u2019s a collection of &#8220;deformed sonnets,&#8221; with German translations by Gregor Pott and &#8220;flypaper collages&#8221; by Norman Ogue Mustill as counterpoint. The book design by Robert Schalinski, the paper, and the print quality are to die for, no pun. The other is &#8220;The Return&#8221; by William Cody Maher, also bilingual, with German translations by Walter Hartmann and photos by Signe M\u00e4hler, designed by Ralph Gabriel. And again the quality of the production is stunning. Furthermore, in a joint production, Moloko and  Sea Urchin Editions have released &#8220;The Ex-Terr Poems&#8221; by Ed Sanders with his drawings, in an English-only edition, designed by Anneke Auer. I haven&#8217;t seen the book itself but I would bet the quality of the artifact matches the others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,26,18,4,23,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art","8":"category-books","9":"category-literature","10":"category-main","11":"category-news","12":"category-political-culture","13":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/YOUR-OBITUARY-MOLOKO-book083.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-bu5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44149"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44585,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44149\/revisions\/44585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}