Weight of Bees

In addition to her work supporting seven writers, Vaughan Fielder also works with her partner Daniel Rose as the micropress Weight of Bees, a tendril of The Field Office. We love making chapbooks & broadsides, and we are honored to share this work with you.

STARTLEMENT

by Ada Limón

This letterpress print was hand-inked & pressed on a Vandercook Proofing Press in Lexington, KY, and it is in an edition of 324. All prints have been signed by the author, U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.

“Startlement” was composed for the opening to NCA5, the National Climate Assessment, and 50% of the sales of this print will go to our good friends at the Yaak Valley Forest Council.

$30 + $5 media mail shipping within the continental United States. PLEASE NOTE: Orders placed from December 2 - December 11 will be shipped on December 12. Our apologies for any inconvenience. These will be mailed via the U.S. Postal Service, and we cannot ship internationally at this time.

PRACTICE POETRY

by DORIANNE LAUX

This letterpress print was hand-inked & pressed on a Vandercook Proofing Press in Lexington, KY, and it is in an edition of 77. The hand illustration carving is by Daniel Rose. All prints are signed by the author Dorianne Laux.

Print size: 7.5” x 14”, ships in a cardboard tube.

$40 + $6 media mail shipping.

Please note that after you place your order, it could take up to a week for your print to ship. U.S. orders only — we cannot ship internationally at this time.

NICKEL

Poems by Matthew Dickman, Didi Jackson, Major Jackson, Dorianne Laux, Michael McGriff, Joseph Millar, & Sharon Olds.

Seven poems from a group of rowdy poets playing The Poetry Game on a Monday

The covers were printed on a Poco No. 0 Proofing press on stardream onyx cardstock; the endsheets were printed on an offset press; the inner pages in gray linen were printed on a home office laser printer, & the signatures were sewn together with a ridiculous amount of love at a kitchen table. Learn more.

$15 + $5 shipping within the continental U.S

Weight of Bees Press, April 2022
Printed in an edition of 281 copies