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A few years ago they began collaborating again on poems. Dennis’ writing. Warren’s visualizations. Now, on the 40th anniversary of their original effort, they have completed the book of poems. Comprised of 225 poems (including a dozen or so from the original effort), \u003cem\u003eFive Oceans in a Teaspoon\u003c\/em\u003e reflects Bernstein’s life experiences and the artistry of Bernstein and Lehrer at the height of their creative powers. As with his journalism, Dennis J Bernstein’s poems reflect the struggle of everyday people trying to survive in the face of adversity. Divided into eight movements, the book reads like a memoir in short visual poems. It spans a lifetime, lifetimes: growing up confused by dyslexia and a parental gambling addiction; graced by pogo sticks, boxing lessons and a mother’s compassion; becoming a frontline witness to war and its aftermaths, to prison, street life, love and loss, open heart surgery, caring for aging parents and visitations from them after they’re gone. Warren Lehrer’s typographic compositions give form to the interior, emotional and metaphorical underpinnings of the poems. Together, the writing and visuals create a new whole that engages the reader to become an active participant in the navigation, discovery, and experience of each poem. 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Over the course of one long night, in the darkness of his prison cell, he whispers his life story into a microcassette recorder, tracing his journey from the public housing project of his youth, to a career as a journalist, then experimental novelist, college professor, accidental bestselling author, pop-culture pundit, and unindicted prisoner. In \u003cem\u003eA LIFE IN BOOKS: The Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley\u003c\/em\u003e, Mobley’s autobiography\/apologia is paired with a review of all 101 of his books. Each book is represented by its first edition cover design and catalog copy, and 34 of the books are excerpted. 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Interweaving stark photography with excerpts from Virgilio Pinera, Santos shows us the vulnerable world of these night creatures, the young gay and transgender individuals who gather at the wall.\r\n\r\n\"The seafront wall is a corporal image of the city and of the nation itself, a space of cultural alternatives and negotiations. In daylight, it is the postcard of poems, movies and tourist souvenirs. In the hours preceding dawn, it becomes the Havana of the others; the city turns against itself in nights of sea salt, rum, and troubadours. Havana becomes a transvestite garmented in mortar walls showcasing outlandish, assorted events: queens of the night, street vendors, toughs, male prostitutes, and pimps who have raised themselves up to the status of signifiers of the change in this concrete wall... 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The combined effect serves as a visual reminder of how García accumulated the text from many disparate sources.\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eColophon\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cem\u003eVOICES\u003c\/em\u003e is the result of many days of exploring the streets of New York, photographing and hand-setting words, phrases, and experiences encountered there. It was produced during September and October, as part of the Book Artist-in-Residence program 2021 at Center for Book Arts, NYC. It was printed on colorplan paper in an edition of 200.\r\n\r\nPrinted using a Vandercook Universal III and 45 metal type specimens from the Center for Book Arts collection: alternate gothic brush bulmer caslon antique caslon antique italic caslon italic century schoolbooks bold cheltenham bold chisel cooper black corvinus bold devinne dom casual egyptian bold erasmus initials ferdinand futura futura bold futura line garamond bold italic goudy old style graby condensed kaufman script lidyan bold \u0026amp; condensed melior monastic news gothic extra condensed nicolas cochin \u0026amp; italic old english optima bold orplid roy craft sans serif condense shadow spartan black condensed \u0026amp; italic stradivarius stymie black \u0026amp; medium trylon \u0026amp; twentieth century extra bold condensed.\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Oswaldo Garcia\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\nOswaldo García (1989, Querétaro, Mexico) is a photographer and art conservator who graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the UAQ. 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