Friday, September 26, 2008

Miss September - the eve of our expression


Poems by Rauan Klassnik, Justin Marks, and Lisa Olstein.

Silkscreen by this month's featured artist, Tricia Gray.

10 x 22" on Rives BFK, perforated to be torn into three panels. Text set by hand in metal type and printed on a Vandercook SP20 at Rope-a-Dope Press Collaborative.

$24 includes shipping.






BluePRINT Opening Reception



BluePRINT, an exhibit exclusively featuring artists working in The Distillery, will open next Tuesday, September 30th, from 7-9pm at The Blue Room in Kendall Square, Cambridge. This exhibit has been coordinated by Scott Chasse, Robert daVies, and Mary Walker Graham, all having work in the show as well. Please stop by the reception if you have a chance, or visit the restaurant on your own time to check out the work and have a great meal and/or drinks!

Click here for more info about the Blue Room.

And here for a complete list of participating artists.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

A Smaller Type of Book


Mark Yakich's What, Friends, IS A City? is the latest book printed by Rope-a-Dope Collaborative's Thumbsized Editions.
All books are individually crafted and put through whatever method we can get our hands on. Next stop: Justin Marks!

Golden Gloves

Rope-A-Dope Press has chosen Sampson Starkweather's City of Moths as the first Golden Gloves Series Chapbook.

Sampson Starkweather is the author of The Photograph from Horse Less Press. He lives in Chappaqua, NY where he is an editor of physics and chemistry books.

Congratulations as well to our finalists Justin Marks (Voir Dire), Douglas Hahn (Standing Wave), and Phil Cordelli (The Incorporation). Rope-A-Dope has decided to publish Justin Marks' Voir Dire as well.

Justin Marks is the author of A Million in Prizes (New Issues Press, forthcoming 2009). His latest chapbook is [Summer insular] (Horse Less Press, 2007). He is the founder and Editor of Kitchen Press Chapbooks and lives in New York City.

As finalists, Douglas Hahn and Phil Cordelli will be considered automatic finalists for our open reading period, February-March 2009*. We invite all of you to submit then as well, and thank you for the opportunity to consider your work.

Best,

Chris Tonelli
Series Editor

*Please do not send manuscripts prior to the open submissions period. We can only consider manuscripts postmarked between January 25 and March 31, 2009. Please check back soon for more details regarding manuscript requirements and format. Thank you.

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

August! Big Fat Sausssage!


Poems by Sommer Browning, Hazel McClure, and Aaron Tieger.

Silkscreen by this month's featured artist, Carrie Siegel.

10 x 22" on Rives BFK, perforated to be torn into three panels. Text set by hand in metal type and printed on a Vandercook SP20 at Rope-a-Dope Press Collaborative.

$24 includes shipping.