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cover of Steve Fellner's All Screwed Up

All Screwed Up
Benu Press
Mobile/photo by Claudia Carlson

Winner of Silver IPPY design award in 2010.

cover of Steve Fellner's Blind Date With Cavafy

Blind Date With Cavafy
Marsh Hawk Press
I took the photo in Red Hook, Brooklyn and
drew new coffee cup artwork of men holding hands in adobe illustrator.

cover of Phillip Lopate's At The End of The Day

At The End of The Day: Selected Poems and
an Introductory Essay
Marsh Hawk Press

cover of Gardner McFall's Russian Tortoise

Russian Tortoise
Images courtesy of the Library of Congress.

cover of Jason Schneiderman's Striking Surfaces

Striking Surfaces
Jason Schneiderman sent me this image
I created a box pattern to set off a
font that played well with the art.

cover of A Circle of Friends: Remembering Madeleine L'Engle

A Circle of Friends: Remembering Madeleine L'Engle
I also have an essay in the collection.

cover of Claudia Carlson's The Elephant House

The Elephant House
Marsh Hawk Press
Yes, lucky enough to design my own, photo taken in Strauss Park.

cover of Jane Augustine's Night Lights

Night Lights
Marsh Hawk Press
Watercolor by Augustine.

cover of Eileen Tabios's The Light Sang As It Left Your Eyes

The Light Sang As It Left Your Eyes
Marsh Hawk Press
I wanted to reflect the author's multifaceted homage
to her father so gave the photos a Warhole poster look.

cover of Rebecca Kavaler's The Animal Within

The Animal Within A small press novel.

cover of Norman Finkelstein's The Ghost Factory

The Ghost Factory
Marsh Hawk Press

cover of Sandy McIntosh's Forty-nine Guareenteed Ways to Escape Death

Forty-Nine Guareenteed Ways to Escape Death
Marsh Hawk Press
I took the photos & manipulated them in phtoshop.

cover of Marrianne Roccaforte's Bridges in the Mind

Bridges in the Mind
Benu Press

Almost Dorothy
Marsh Hawk Press

cover of Lois Roma-Deeley's High Notes

High Notes
Benu Press

High Notes in the category of General Trade/Poetry,
has won an award in the 2011 New York Book Show.

cover of Tom Fink's Peace Conference

Peace Conference
Marsh Hawk Press
Cover art by the author.

cover of Michael Rerick's In Ways Impossible to Fold

In Ways Impossible to Fold
Marsh Hawk Press
Cover art by Shaun Tan.

cover of Mary Makey's Breaking the Fever

Breaking the Fever
Marsh Hawk Press

cover of Petropoulos' Eminent Domain

Eminent Domain
Marsh Hawk Press
I created a layered effect with the dramatic falling figures drawn by Manny Prieres.

cover of the journal The Same, edited by Martin Mitchell

The Same
Journal edited by Martin Mitchell, photos of Cristo's
installation in Central Park by Claudia Carlson.

cover of the journal Alimentum Issue 11

Alimentum: The Literature of Food
I co-design journal, inside and out with Peter Selgin.

My design with Peter Selgin for Alimentum: The Literature of Food won a best in category award for General Trade Quality Paperback design at the 2008 and 2009 New York Book Shows.

Unused cover concept.

Unused cover concept.

cover of Derek Walcott Three Plays designed by Claudia Carlson

Derek Walcott Three Plays Meeting Walcott and hearing he really liked
the cover, a great moment.
Farrar Straus & Giroux

cover of the Almost Dorothy written by Meil de la Flor

Almost Dorothy
Marsh Hawk Press
Art supplied by author.

cover of the journal Alimentum Issue 11

The Poets' Grimm
an anthology I helped edit. My design.