gist : rift : drift : bloom
Poetry. Environmental Studies. Alvergue's first full-length collection of poetry is an eco-historical meditation on the relationship between landscape and language. gist : rift : drift : bloom was composed between Buffalo, New York and Eau Claire, Wisconsin. As a sort of interstice, definitions give pause to the continued evolution of language in the poetry, where a word is planted early. Compressed by language, or carried off by sketches and through space, these words bloom elsewhere.
letterpress
In conjunction with composition of the book, these prints were letterpressed on a Vandercook #219, at the Minnesota Center for the Book Arts. The print collages also incorporate color inkjet versions of the Potsdam stone sample collected near the Wisconsin Dells, ca. 1900. These prints were made with the assistance and encouragement of Further Other Book Works, who continue to promote poetry, poetics, literary community, and material print culture.
