"Yusef Komunyakaa began writing these poems in 2003, when the United States invaded Iraq"--Page 3.

"The 25 poems are printed letterpress with silver ink in Adobe Jenson Pro from polymer plates. The sheets are individually painted, hand-dyed silk; 320 yards were used for the edition. Small pieces of Moriki paper and printed glassine are sewn inside the foredge-folded sheets. The aluminum covers are photochemically etched in a pattern based on camouflage fabric. Daniel E. Kelm co-designed the modified paper-case book structure using Cave paper and he produced the binding at his Wide Awake Garage in Easthampton, Massachusetts"--Colophon.

Printed on double leaves.

An edition of 70, signed by the poet.

LC has copy number 59; prospectus and Visual backstory laid in.

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