lone goose press launch & readings of Opening the Mouth of the Dead by Catherine Woodard & All of Him by Matthew & Michael Dickman

In her first trip to NYC, Sandy Tilcock, proprietor of lone goose, will discuss book art collaborations with questions from her three authors and the audience.

Opening the Mouth of the Dead by Catherine Woodard is the first trade paperback and limited-edition letterpress book art simultaneously published by Tilcock. It’s a story in poems inspired by the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead about a family in a small town in the South longing for connection. Celebrate with wine, cheese & MoonPies.

lone goose authors include W.S. Merwin, Barry Lopez, Wendell Berry & Naomi Shihab Nye. Private collectors & more than 75 institutions have lone goose press publications in their holdings, including the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum, & British Library.

This event is made possible through the Poets House Literary Partners Program.