Richmond, Virginia: VCUarts Bowe House Press, 2009. Edition of 30.
You are Loosed from your Mooring by Catherine MacDonald and Ellen Carlson
Visiting Civil War Battlefields by Melissa Johnson and James Gillette
Waiting Room by Rich Murphey and Emily Smith
Colonial Enterprises by Liz Canfield and Brian Gartside
Tradition of Silence by Anonymous and Celia Fetler
Illustrating the 13 transits of Mercury in the 19th Century by Joshua Poteat and Matt Boteilho
Drummer Boy: One Night Only by Nick Reading and Rachel Maves
Composition by Cynthia Grier and Joanna Landrum
Monument Avenue by Susan Settlemyre Williams and Cody Whitby
Multiple Voices, Multiple Histories is a collaborative project between Richmond poets and graphic designers at VCU's Bowe House Press. Book cover and Introduction Page designed by Jamie Mahoney.
Jami Mahoney: "Because 2011 marks the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, our collaboration between poets and designers is focused on the complicated web of history and looking at the voices, stories, and experiences that have, perhaps, not always been addressed in traditional conversations about our shared past. These poems and designs challenge the notion that there is one monolithic history, and instead, celebrate the diverse ways we understand the Civil War and the contemporary legacies of the Civil War."
Introduction: "It has been 150 years since the American Civil War began. The purpose of this collaboration of poets and designers is certainly not to fight the battles again. It is not the past we're interested in. It is the present. We are here to listen to the voices, stories, and experiences that have not always been addressed in traditional conversations about our shared tragedy. These poems challenge the notion that the meaning of the Civil War is settled, or its legacy fully understood."
Multiple Voices, Multiple Histories: Reimagining the Civil War
12.75 x 19"; 9 broadsides. Letterpress printed. Housed in cloth-covered
boards with pocket on back pastedown for sheets.