The Kentucky Arts Council offers books and broadsides to celebrate the
literary arts in Kentucky. We also present a variety of gifts, historic
replicas, music and fine art prints by Kentucky artists, developed to
commemorate the birth of Abraham Lincoln in Kentucky.
Photos, prices
and contact information for purchasing are listed below.
"Kentucky Quilt Trails: Views
and Voices"
Photographs and writings from Kentucky visual and
literary artists with an introduction by Silas House (36 page booklet).
Proceeds from the sale of this book will support community arts projects in
Kentucky.
Price: $9.95
Order info: Kentucky Arts
Council
Melissa
Nesselrode
888-833-2787 ext. 471 or
melissa.nesselrode@ky.gov
Order form:
http://www.artscouncil.ky.gov/QTrails/QuiltTrails.pdf
"Five Kentucky Poets Laureate:
An Anthology"
An anthology of work by Kentucky Poets Laureate past
and present, Richard Taylor, James Baker Hall, Joe Survant, Sena Jeter Naslund
and Jane Gentry, edited by Jane Gentry and Frederick Smock (Hardbound, 102
pages). Proceeds from the sale of this book will support literary arts projects
in Kentucky.
Price:
$19.95
Order info:
Kentucky Arts Council
Melissa
Nesselrode
888-833-2787 ext. 471 or
melissa.nesselrode@ky.gov
Order form:
http://www.artscouncil.ky.gov//forms/Retail_AnthologyBookOrderform.pdf
"Abraham Lincoln of
Kentucky"
This limited edition letterpress book features poetry and
prose celebrating the life of Kentucky's native son, Abraham Lincoln.
Contributors are past and present Kentucky Poets Laureate Richard Taylor, Joe
Survant, Sena Jeter Naslund and Jane Gentry, with a foreword by Dr. James
Klotter, State Historian of Kentucky. The book also includes wood engravings by
Kentucky artist John Lackey (Softbound, 32 pages). Proceeds from the sale of
this book will support literary arts projects in Kentucky.
Price: $26.95
Order
info: Kentucky Arts Council
Melissa Nesselrode
888-833-2787 ext. 471 or
melissa.nesselrode@ky.gov
Order form:
http://www.artscouncil.ky.gov//forms/Retail_LincolnBookOrderform.pdf
"Diana, of a Certain Age, Takes
a Bath" by Jane Gentry Vance
This limited edition broadside is
letterpress printed by Larkspur Press, handsomely embellished with a wood
engraving by Tona Barkley and signed by Jane Gentry Vance, Kentucky Poet
Laureate 2007-2008.
Dimensions: 11
½" x 16 ½"
Price:
$30.00
Order info:
Kentucky Arts Council
Melissa Nesselrode
888-833-2787 ext. 471 or
melissa.nesselrode@ky.gov
Excerpt from "Ahab's Wife;" or,
"The Star-Gazer" by Sena Jeter Naslund
This limited edition broadside
is letterpress printed by Larkspur Press and signed by Sena Jeter Naslund,
Kentucky Poet Laureate 2005-2006.
Dimensions:
9 ½" x 13"
Price:
$25.00
Order info:
Kentucky Arts Council
Melissa Nesselrode
888-833-2787 ext. 471 or
melissa.nesselrode@ky.gov
"The Stone" by Joe
Survant
This limited edition broadside is letterpress printed by Larkspur
Press and signed by Joe Survant, Kentucky Poet Laureate 2003-2004.
Dimensions: 10" x 15"
Price: $25.00
Order info:
Kentucky Arts Council
Melissa Nesselrode
888-833-2787 ext. 471 or
melissa.nesselrode@ky.gov
"The Kiss" by James Baker
Hall
This limited edition broadside is letterpress printed by Larkspur Press
and signed by James Baker Hall, Kentucky Poet Laureate 2001-2002.
Dimensions: 12" x 17 ¼"
Price: $25.00
Order info:
Kentucky Arts Council
Melissa Nesselrode
888-833-2787 ext. 471 or
melissa.nesselrode@ky.gov
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