have spent the past several weeks combing through and editing the manuscript for my next collection, Deifying A Total Darkness and i think ive finally got it all straight - and since im also the visual artist AANNDD layout designer for the project, a great deal of time has gone into the look & feel of the cover: the art, the typography, & overall cohesion and it looks like ive also settled on the final design that best reflects the narratives within. we're in contact with a few #letterpress printers so as soon as we lock that down then about everything will be in place for the planned january release. but it's been blissfully hectic these past 3 months as ive also had to create cover art for the poets Bernard Clay, Makalani Bandele, Helen Feibes, and Lennart Lundh, while also currently planning the covers for Chris McCurry and Eduardo Bellestero... so the plate has been, in blessing, completely full. looking forward to seeing all of these wonderful projects come into complete fruition over the next 2-3 months. shout out to Harry Tankoos Books, Old Cove Press, Autumn House Press, Workhorse Publishing, and Accents Publishing for keeping an artist busy!
also, copies still remain of my chapbooks Chiaroscuro Vitae and The Time Unraveller's Travel Journal + Sankofa Paradox from Radical Paper Press, if anyone is interested; $7 a piece.
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