The Redacted Mother Goose
By Robert E. Wilson II
Tucson, Arizona: Spaceheater Editions, 2012. Edition of 150.

5.25 x 7.25"; 32 pages. Printed on an HP Indigo digital press. Gold-foil stamped title on front cover. Codex bound with cloth spine and illustrated paper-covered boards. Signed and numbered by Wilson.

Colophon: "This book is a small collection of stories taken from the 1916 The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright. Having been in print for almost 100 years - the most recent printing taking place in 1992 - The Real Mother Goose has influenced the lives of children over many generations. This book explores the evolution of language and image under contemporary connotations by obstructing and omitting portions of the original stories. The end goal of this remixed and redacted edition is to create a slightly different narrative calling on the linguistic differences created in the 100 year time span."

Philip Zimmermann, blog: "The Redacted Mother Goose by Rob Wilson. This is a special redacted version of the venerable anthology of Mother Goose rhymes with illustrations by Blanch Fisher Wright, created in 1916, and in the public domain. Rob's redactions and blurred areas of the images completely change the innocent meaning of the original rhymes and pictures. His dedication reads: for changing times and changing meaning."
$45