{"id":75074,"date":"2026-06-17T14:17:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=75074"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:17:19","slug":"new-from-molokoa-robert-lees-omnibus-edition-is-here-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2026\/06\/new-from-molokoa-robert-lees-omnibus-edition-is-here-to-go.html","title":{"rendered":"New from Moloko<\/em><\/font>
A. Robert Lee\u2019s Omnibus Edition Is Here to Go<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Click to purchase.<\/a> <\/em>Moloko Print (2026)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

<\/font>The author of Travel Painting <\/em>won’t need a headstone . . . This monumental omnibus will do . . . Five hundred and eight-six gorgeous pages of verbal pleasure . . . Intimate collaborations with esteemed artists . . . Landscapes of descriptive simplicity . . . Pure thought objectified . . . <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lee writes that the title phrase belongs to the great haiku master Matsuo Bash\u014d.<\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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The artworks on pages 294-299 (as shown below) are by Blas Miras from the section “Aluntizaje \/ Lunar Landings.” 

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Click to read the epigraphs from Robert Louis Stevenson and Kenneth Grahame.<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

New and Selected Writings<\/strong>

An anthology of creative work.
Verse and vignette.
Past and Present.
Serious and antic.
Literal travels. Literary travels.
Poetry travels. Prose travels.
Travel imaginings.
Travel words, as it were, painted.

\u2014 A. Robert Lee<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The cover image by jh, “Manhattan Monet,” is a wraparound with front and back flaps<\/em>. Click to enlarge.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The book is available to purchase here.<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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