The Scientist Who Reveals Water May Run Intermittenly on Mars
Urges a Research Team Be Sent As Soon As Possible
By Emily Van Kley
Seattle, Washington: May Day Press, 2017. Edition of 50.

5.25 x 8"; 4 pages. Text handset in Kabel and San Serif Light typefaces. Letterpress printed on Arches Text Wove with a pressure printed image underneath. Lama Li orange end sheets. Cover is contact printed from avocados. Designed and printed by Catherine Alice Michaelis with assistance from Bill Moody. Initialed and numbered by the artist.

Catherine Michaelis: "'The Scientist …' is a poem about going to Mars, by Emily Van Kley who wrote most of the poetry in 'Soil Dwellers.' [May Day Press, 2015, Out of Print] The poem is printed over a pressure print. I did more botanical contact printing for the cover - but only with avocado pit slices. Of course each cover will be slightly different. The poem opens - trifold with title page far left and two pages of the poem middle and far right. Colophon on back. The cover is folded down and then over - doubling up the front and back."

Colophon: "Emily Van Kley's poems appear in numerous literary publications, including Best American Poetry. Her most recent award is the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize. Raised in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, she now lives in Olympia, Washington."
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