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The school notebook format for this book was designed by Eleanor Antin. This is the first edition of the author's first book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Priddle's calligraphically reproduced essay deals with bp Nichol's infatuation with the letter "H" as well as environmental issues in a dada-like presentation. Priddle also mentions progressive scleroderma. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Steven Heller in the NY Times Book Review writes that the "book's design, a complex melange of typographic hierarchies...a remarkable display of deconstructive, post-structural, post-modern experimentation - or words that explode across the page... Miss America owes a distinct debt to Apollinaire's Il Pleut, Marinetti's Zang Tumb Tumb and McLuhan's Medium... Unfortunately, Miss A. really doesn't go as far...while the design screams and shouts...actually pretty timid." It is profusely illustrated. This a first edition, first printing. Chip Kidd designed this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.