We're pleased to announce a special CBA Members Tour of the exhibition After Words: Visual and Experimental Poetry in Little Magazines and Small Presses, 1960–2025 at the Grolier Club on Wednesday, April 30, from 12:30-1:30 pm.

About the Exhibition

By the 1960s, visual and experimental poetry was widely acknowledged as the first truly international poetry movement, occurring on several continents. The simultaneous “mimeograph revolution”—an emerging name for the proliferation of small, poet- and artist-operated presses and little magazines that emerged in the postwar era—meant that an extraordinary variety of experimental work appeared in ephemeral outlets, often reflecting an array of geographic influence and communities. After Words: Visual and Experimental Poetry in Little Magazines and Small Presses, 1960–2025 is a thematic journey through the history of these experimental poetics—including concrete poetry, sound poetry, and other monikers—and their material forms. The exhibition and accompanying book explore cut-up, collage, sound poetry scores, performance scripts, practices of “writing through,” erasure, asemic writing, glyph systems, calligraphy, experimental typography, non-Western alphabets, assemblages, and beyond.

The exhibition, organized by Granary Books, features over 150 items from Steve Clay and Granary Books' collection. This members tour will be led by curators of the exhibition.

Want to bring someone along? Members are welcome to bring up to two friends.