Apple Cider Press ~ Massachusetts
(Susan Jaworski-Stranc)

And so you want to be a fisherman...
By Susan Jaworski-Stranc
Newbury, Massachusetts: Apple Cider Press, 2000. Edition of 10.

Susan Jaworski-Stranc: "A family crisis was this book's genesis, which took place a few years ago between mother & son. The writing of the poem was a means of working out complex feelings and emotions surrounding a universal parental issue – letting go. The book form is a metaphor for the poem. Through the use of prickly metal edges, sharp hooks, the act of untangling the fish from the netting as well as the unfolding of fish assists the reader to relate to the milestone on an intuitive-cognizant level. This deeply felt experience was made concrete through the book arts to share with others."
$450 (Two copies remaining)

Voices in the Air
By Susan Jaworski-Stranc
Newbury, Massachusetts: Apple Cider Press, 1997 Edition of 6.

8.25 x 7.25 x 1.25"; 8 pages. Removable spine allows book to be viewed as a codex or accordion-style.

Construction of book is accordion. The pages are paired to produce a call and response. Thin Japanese paper is sewn at the outside edge of each page so that it is lifted away to reveal the call or response.

Susan Jaworski-Stranc: " The poem describes love and conflict in a mother and daughter's relationship as it relates to seasonal patterns."
$350 (Two copies remain in the edition)

A Noddin' Yes, Yes
By Susan Jaworski-Stranc
Newbury, Massachusetts: Apple Cider Press, 1998 Edition of 8.

Susan Jaworski-Stranc: " A gardener's walk through a springtime bed of daffodils is expressed through poem and serigraph prints."
$350