BOOKS, CHAPTERS, MONOGRAPHS, CATALOGUES

2008
Chapter. [forthcoming in 2010, from Duke University Press] “Handwork and Hybrids: Contemporary Book Art,” chapter on book art, in Extra/ordinary: Craft Culture and Contemporary Art, ed. Maria Elena Buszek, Ph.D. (Kansas City Art Institute).
Essay. [forthcoming] “From Feast to Fault Lines: Charting the Territories of Doug Beube’s Bookworks,” in Beube monograph. (To see Doug Beube’s work, visit http://www.jhbgallery.com)

2007
Essay. “Page by Page: the Art of Gaylord Schanilec,” in brochure to accompany exhibition at James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, May 2007. (Gaylord Schanilec’s website: http://www.midnightpapersales.com)

2005
Book. Granary Books, No Longer Innocent: Book Art in America, 1960 to 1980, the first comprehensive history of the book art movement in America.  (http://www.granarybooks.com)

1993
Essay. “Dialogue: Alchemy of the Word,” catalogue essay on work in a two-person show by Harriet Bart of Minneapolis and Helmut Löhr of Dusseldorf. The exhibition premiered in October at the Dolly Fiterman gallery in Minneapolis, then traveled to European venues. (Harriet Bart’s website: http://www.harrietbart.com)

BOOK REVIEWS

2007
Review. Fine printer Paulette Myers-Rich’s Ghost Poems for the Living, in Parenthesis journal.

2002
Review. Fine printer Robin Price’s books, in Parenthesis journal. (Robin Price’s website: http://www.robinpricepublisher.com)
Review. Illuminating Letters: Typography and Literary Interpretation, eds. Paul C. Gutjahr and Megan L. Benton, in SHARP News, the publication of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing.

1993
Review. William S. Peterson’s The Kelmscott Press: A History of William Morris’s Typographical Adventure for Publishing Research Quarterly. 

1992
Review. “Book Arts in the USA: A VHS Video Catalog,” in Hand Papermaking magazine.

OTHER WRITINGS

1992
Essay. “Beyond the Illuminated Manuscript: An In-Depth Look at Work by Calligraphic Book Artists Leavitt and Moore.” Calligraphy Review magazine.

1990
Essay. “Writer as Book Artist: Risk in Three Dimensions.” The Loft Writers Center newsletter. Related lecture presented at the Loft.
Essay. “Artists’ Books: Art’s Least Fragile Vehicle.” Art Papers journal, Atlanta, May.

INTERVIEWS

2008
Interview of longtime artist Betsy Davids as the opening event at the University of Arizona-Tucson, at the founding the College Book Art Association. Podcast on website at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa. (http://www.bookarts.ua.edu, click on: podcast interviews with book artists).
Interview with Patrick Masterson (http://www.bookarts.ua.edu) at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, during a Book Arts Educators Meeting.

REVIEWS AND ARTICLES ABOUT BETTY BRIGHT

Reviews. No Longer Innocent: Book Art in America, 1960 to 1980
• Kathleen Walkup, Parenthesis, no. 13  (August 2007): 34-35.
• Melissa Jay Craig, The Bonefolder: an e-journal for the bookbinder and book artist 3, no. 2 (Spring 2007): 45-46. (http://www.philobiblon.com/bonefolder/vol3no2contents.htm)
• Gerald Lange. Ampersand (Summer 2006): 21.
• Mary Ann Grossmann. “Fresh and Homemade.” St. Paul Pioneer Press (February 26, 2006): section E, p.10.
• Johanna Drucker, Art on Paper 10, no. 4 (March/April 2006): 84.
• Nancy Princenthal. Bookforum 12, issue 5 (February/March 2006): 56.
• Judith Hoffberg. Umbrella 28, no. 2-3 (October 2005): 50.

Review. The Press at Colorado College: the Pressroom as Classroom
Adrian Stanley. “Pressed into Service.” The Gazette (Colorado Springs): April 16, 2004. (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20040416/ai_n10035312)

Review. Contemporary Classics: the Illustrated Book Redefined
Andrew Bacskai. “Page Turners.” Skyway News/Freeway News (April 6-12, 1993): 14, 17.

Reviews. Off the Shelf and Online: Computers Move the Book Arts into Twenty-first Century Design
• David Skarjune. “Off the Shelf and On-line.” Artpaper (November 1992): 20.
Print Collector’s Newsletter 24, no. 1 (March-April 1993): 24.
• Elizabeth Child. “A New Exhibition Moves Reading into the 21st Century.” Skyway News (September 8, 1992): 19.
                 
Reviews. Completing the Circle: Artists’ Books on the Environment
• Mary Abbe. “Books’ look, smell convey a warning.” Minneapolis Star Tribune (March 7, 1992): 1E, 2E.
• Mary Ann Grossmann. “New Medium for an Urgent Message.” St. Paul Pioneer Press. (March 1, 1992): 1D, 7D.
• Robin Edgerton. Artpaper. n.d.

Review. Pick up the Book, Turn the Page and Enter the System: Books by Sol LeWitt.
Fine Print 15, no. 2 (April 1989).

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