Giving Fear a Proper Name: Detroit, 1984
Scope and Contents
The artist produced this book from a diary she kept about dreams, recollections, and fears on relocating to Detroit in 1979. Facing pages, one of poems and the other of photocollages depict such experiences. The photographs were reprinted from "Portrait of an Artist and Her Mother."The experiences described among others include "kainophobia": fear of change, "eremiphobia": fear of solitude. Grant has produced an outstanding, powerful presentation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1984
Creator
- Grant, Susan kae, 1954- (Person)
Extent
1 item (1 book object) : 1 hard cover book (30 pages) + pages (letterpress, handmade paper) + pages (handmade paper, collaged, photographs b&w, plastic, thread, sand, toys, bone, handmade paper, pins, wire, teeth) + bookmark (ribbon, toy revolver) in box (plexiglas) + artist bookbinding (leather, ribbon) ; 15 x 13 x 5.5 cm (book) + 17.7 x 15.8 x 6.8 cm (box)
Language of Materials
English
Original Sackner Archive Location
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Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Materials Specific Details
Published: Dallas, Texas : The Black Rose Press. Signed by: Susan Kae Grant (l.r.- colophon). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 15 total copies. About 8 number copy.
Processing Information
Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921