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After Fame Letterpress Print

Sam Riviere

This hand-printed letterpress print has been exclusively produced for Faber Members and features poem [25] from Sam Riviere’s collection, After Fame an ambitious and resonant engagement with the epigrams of the Roman poet Martial.

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ISBN
9780571364732
Date Published
02.04.2020
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Summary

This hand-printed letterpress print has been exclusively produced for Faber Members and features poem [25] from Sam Riviere’s new collection, After Fame — an ambitious and resonant engagement with the epigrams of the Roman poet Martial. The 118 poems in the collection cover timeless themes such as work, friendship, public life and sexual mores.

The letterpress prints are exclusively available to Faber Members, and limited to a run of 118 numbered prints, signed by the poet, available for shipping worldwide. The poem has been printed in a beautiful violet ink and printed on 350gsm Favini Crush paper, which is made using 15% reclaimed organic pulp from plants, including lemons, cherries and corn.

Each print is packaged in a compostible cellophane sleeve and cardboard envelope for protection during transit.

The print measure 252 x 178mm and the font used is Ehrhardt.

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Sam Riviere is the author of the poetry collections 81 Austerities (2012), winner of the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and Kim Kardashian’s Marriage (2015), as well as numerous limited-edition titles. He runs the micropublisher If a Leaf Falls Press.

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