Lisa Rappoport

Lisa Rappoport began printing in 1997 under the imprint Trouser Press, and changed the name to Littoral Press a couple of years later. Being a book artist and letterpress printer feels like the ideal blend of words and image, craft and physical labor for this dedicated artist. The work of the press concentrates on poetry but includes many genres. Lisa teaches letterpress printing and bookbinding at the San Francisco Center for the Book.

Mrs. Yesbut Goes to Town (January 2007) is a collaboration between Littoral Press and Yvonne Tsang’s Epistolary Press. Periwinkle blue covers enclose a pocketed accordion fold book of nine pages. Each page has a vintage printer’s cut printed in periwinkle onto the pocket; inside each pocket is a removable card with unjust quotes from our universal past: “If you don’t understand, I can’t explain it to you”; “Would you like to share that with the rest of the class?” and seven more. Park Avenue throughout, with Bernhard Gothic Light for the back cover colophon. Covers printed in black. Edition of 100; 3.25″ square. Text paper is Johannot Light. $75.00. 

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