Good morning everyone,

I hope you are well! The last time I went to the British Library there was some really cool art by women in the Treasures Library, that I thought you would enjoy as well.

Let's start with Francisca Prieto's Antibook, which makes no sense on the page and which you have to fold to see the poem. When I saw this I'd just done a puzzle that involved folding paper to reveal a message, so I really engaged with this:

https://www.blankproject.co.uk/news/antibook-british-library

Mette Sophie Ambeck makes critters and faces out of typographic symbols, they are really quite appealing. Maybe I should start doing this in my powerpoints, just to endear people to me at the start of the meeting:

https://theministryofbooks.blogspot.com/2014/12/ambecks-typographic-bestiary.html

This poem by Nancy Morejón, on a scroll, is very cool and yours to look at at no charge if you can make it to the BL:

https://www.downtownbrown.com/pages/books/306728/nancy-morejon/cantico-de-la-huella

Here's an interview with Nancy as well:

I must clarify an idea: a poem does exist even if it is unpublished. Its true essence appears when it is published. The purpose of any piece of writing is its existence before a reader’s eyes. It’s one thing to write and another to publish. A writer exists when he fills the blank page. A writer fulfills her task when she can be read by readers. The important thing is to write, first of all.

https://bombmagazine.org/articles/nancy-morej%C3%B3n/

Have a smashing day!

Alex xxx.