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Claire Light Book Launch Party
by admin on Jan.22, 2010, under Book Arts, Letterpress
Limited edition book jackets for Slightly Behind and to the Left
Carved printing blocks used for book jackets
Local writer Claire Light is celebrating the launch of her new book, Slightly Behind and to the Left, with an upcoming launch party! There will be performances by Jaime Cortez, Sadie Contini, Lise Swenson, and others as well.
For this project, Claire collaborated with Patricia Wakida of Wasabi Press, who letterpress printed a limited number of book jackets onto recycled grocery shopping bags for a vintage wartime era look.
According to Patricia, the cover depicts a Japanese-American teenage boy who lives on a strawberry farm during World War II and believes he was abducted by aliens; the “planets” he visits with the aliens are scrambled names of Japanese internment camps.
We’ve been great fans of Patricia’s work (check out her cool tiger postcards). As usual, we love supporting local writers and book artists (especially when they work together), and encourage you to stop by.
SLIGHTLY BEHIND AND TO THE LEFT book launch party!
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: Socha Cafe
Street: 3235 Mission Street