SCHANILEC, Gaylord. MIDNIGHT PAPER SALES. DANTICAT, Edwidge. ~ Plunging.
One of 115 numbered copies. 2 multi-colour wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec. Signed and numbered by Schanilec. Handset in Walbaum monotype. Printed on Mohawk Superfine, and Zerkall papers. Bound in cloth in a cloth covered slipcase with printed paper labels.
A beautiful poem inspired by the tragic fall of an immigrant construction worker into wet concrete he had just laid in Bal Harbour, Florida's most fashionable destination. His wallet contained pictures of his daughter and two single dollar bills.
Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the author of several books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection, Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist, The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner, the novel-in-stories, The Dew Breaker, and MPS Little Book number 4, The Coriolis Effect.