Summary
Weaselsleeves Press
To walk into the small cinder-block building that houses Weaselsleeves Press is like entering a living collage. The L-shaped work space is neatly crammed with equipment that Janet Rodney, owner of the press, assembled a little at a time. Dark brown wooden cabinets with shallow drawers hold metal type, and cubbyholes display thin strips of brass and copper used for making spaces between letters. Above the cabinets hang some of Rodney's poetry broadsheets; their uncluttered modernist designs and vibrant yellows and blues go well with the machine-age feel of the place. Two Vandercook proof presses, one with a fabric cover protecting its top and rollers, give off the air of well-preserved sports cars.See the full content of this document
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Poetry in Letterpress Motion
Rodney bought most of the type from a printer who was closing his Manhattan, N.Y., shop in the 1980s. "At that ti...
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