The Terrific Days of Summer/Mike Hudson & Jarvis Jadwiga

"How can you feel stuffy or other than open-armed about this poem entitled the terrific days of summer? So opens the introduction to this limited edition book by Australia's Wayzgoose Press. The poem is by Ken Bolton, the presswork by Mike Hudson and Jadwiga Jarvis, who together make up the Wayzgoose Press. The text is letterpress printed and dances across accordion bound pages that measure 13" tall by 18" wide. Open fully, which, by the way, is a great way to read this poem, the book measures over thirty feet. The book is illustrated throughout with visual devices that are combinations of collographs and monoprints.

It's an altogether fun and lively book. As George Alexander concludes in that same introduction: "YEEHAH!"

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