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Everything Is Starting. The manuscript for Everything Is Starting was received in the last days of July 2001, and ours became the first printing of a single poem by MacArthur Award-winning dog-lover/poet/teacher/scholar Eleanor Wilner, who noted in a letter to the printer that the scope of the piece "go[es] from dog piss in the neighborhood to the Big Bang." It was quickly decided that Centaur types would be exceptionally appropriate for such themes, and should be cast in the small shop adjacent to the Thistlebrook Kennel in Skaneateles, New York. The types were re-arranged at our new offices overlooking the Mill River, and printed on dampened Twinrocker papers in June of 2002, almost one long year after we received the manuscript. A small three-color etching was arranged and printed opposite the title page by artist/printer/teacher Louise Kohrman at Zea Mays Printmaking. The whole book, comprising eight 6.5 x 10 inch leaves, has been sewn into handmade paper wrappers by the staff of the Press. Fifty numbered copies were offered for $120, while an additional fifteen lettered copies are meant for those individuals that participated in the making of the book, and are not available at any price. Alas, this title is out of print.

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