GLYPHS by SANDERS, Ed

Brooklyn: The Brother in Elysium, 2011. 19 prints, printed letterpress from plates of Sander's original artwork, each 8.5" x 11," laid into a printed envelope. With two text pieces printed from hand-set type. Number 37 of 250 hand-numbered copies. Signed by Sanders. Fine. After studying Egyptian hieroglyphs for some time, Sanders read John Cage’s Silence, noticing how the line breaks and the placing of multiple columns of lines on the same page seemed “glyphic.” His poetic life was never the same. Sanders began using glyphs in his own poetry and in his publications beginning in 1962. [Sanders, Glyphs text]. Published by Jon Beacham and Daniel Morris, this collection of Sanders’ unpublished glyph poems spans four decades of his career. A significant addition to the published works of this important poet, activist, Fug, former Peace Book Store proprietor, and editor of FUCK YOU: A Magazine of the Arts. Offered at the publication price.