Matvei Yankelevich: The Chapbook in the 21st Century (public talk)

 
Ephemera, Efficiency, Excess: The Chapbook in 21st Century North America

Where did chapbooks come from and where are they going? Matvei Yankelevich sketches the chapbook’s trajectory from populist pamphlet in the early days of print and its role in the spread of literacy and printing, to today’s varieties of design, production, and small-press economy, leading to a discussion of the effect of chapbook contests, festivals, and other types of institutionalization on this ephemeral, efficient, and sometimes excessive book form.

Part of Primary Informations residency at ICA, Excursus IV

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