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Book of the week — Janus Press, Night Street

“Nothing doing.”

NIGHT STREET
Barbara Luck
West Burke, VT: Janus Press, 1993
N7433.4 L83 N5 1993

Ten poems concerning the dilemma of a young woman in the city faced with retaining her humanity without being victimized. On colored sheets of paper collaged on black silkscreened pages opposite highly colored offset lithographs by Lois Johnson. The binding is a non-adhesive concertina. Both the cover and the pages are shaped to resemble cityscapes and made of gold elephant hide paper. Slipcase is non-adhesive of blue moire plastic. Entire structure designed and executed by Claire Van Vliet. Edition of ninety copies signed by author and artist.

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