Poet of the Body: New York’s Walt Whitman

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Creator

Susan Jaffe Tane & Karen Karbiener, with Julie Carson & Gabriel McKee

Title

Poet of the Body: New York’s Walt Whitman

Coverage

New York

Publisher

The Grolier Club

Date

2019

Description

The vibrant pink calf is inlaid with two counterposed full-body images of Whitman, pen in hand, in black and white goatskin. His phrase “Listener up there” and other images complete the ensemble. Inspired by Jerry Kelly’s design for the dust jacket of the original edition, the binding was created in 2019 at the Dragonfly Bindery, in Rhode Island.

Source

The Grolier Club Bookbindings Collection.

Format

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