Herb EverettPhoto credit to Ce RosenowBook designer, printer, and photographer, Herb Everett, is the owner of Peace Rose Graphics in Eugene, Oregon. His clean and crisp page designs can be found inside many books published in Oregon, including those by Mountains and Rivers Press, and his photographer’s eye leads to beautifully arranged and compelling book covers. Samples of his work for Mountains and Rivers Press include the following books: The Exultations by Cid Corman, Kindle by Paulann Petersen, and Under the Roan Cliffs by Lorraine Ellis Harr and Brad Wolthers.
“Up until 2002, Herb Everett's Peace Rose Graphics had printed little poetry. Since then Herb has become Eugene's most active designer and printer for small press and self–published poetry books. For Traprock Books, which I edit, Herb has produced twenty books, both chapbooks and perfect–bound volumes. He has been Traprock's designer and its printer or agent with the printing industry, which is in a state of technological change and friendly takeover (i.e. hard to deal with or comprehend!). The results of Herb's efforts have been books the poets and I have been proud of. Readers are happy with them, too. Herb works carefully and creatively. He listens hard to what the poets and the editor want and offers additional ideas that enhance the book's attractiveness. After six years, Herb is my friend and valued collaborator. I can't imagine Traprock without him.”
Erik Muller
Editor and Publisher
Traprock Books
Books for Sale on Mountains and Rivers Press Designed by Herb Everett: Watching Dewdrops Fall Hut Poems The Exultations Coming Here to be Alone
Cherie Hunter Day is an awarding winning poet, an artist, a book illustrator, and the publisher of Sundog Press. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies as well as in several book-length collections. Day was one of the early writers of the linked verse form, rengay. She was also the first to explore solo rengay and to write critical analyses of the rengay form. She currently lives in San Diego, California.
Selected Books by Cherie Hunter Day
Beyond/Within: A Collection of Rengay (editor and one of eight authors)
Early Indigo
The Horse with One Blue Eye
Kindle of Green, with David Rice
Life on the Intertidal Rocks: A Guide to the Marine Life of the Rocky North Atlantic Coast
Selected Books Illustrated by Cherie Hunter Day
Berry Finder: A Guide to Native Plants with Fleshy Fruits (by Dorcas S. Miller)
Track Finder: A Guide to Mammal Tracks of Eastern North America (by Dorcas S. Miller)
Books for Sale on Mountains and Rivers Press Designed by Cherie Hunter Day: Just for Now
Brad WinterPhoto credit to Laura WinterBrad Winter lives in Portland, Oregon. He is a well–respected artist who works in a variety of media. His work with the Creative Music Guild brought him international appreciation, and his music reviews can be read in a wide range of publications. Winter designed the cover for Coming Here to be Alone , and his original artwork is featured on the cover and on the section pages within the book.
Artist's statement:
My endeavor(s) in the visual arts have always been concerned with a search for the new, the just discovered. My work is generally abstract though a good deal of representational imagery is often found (or at least hinted at) as well. Art influences include surrealism, expressionism, shamanism, abstract expressionism, fluxus, etc. Automatic drawing (and writing) are an important component as well as the inspirations to be derived from philosophy, literature, and music (most specifically jazz, new classical, and improvisational forms). Of course the actual physical world has an impact as well but the main focus is on the internal/eternal/essential truth rather than that which may or may not be before our eyes. I have recently been working mostly with my own photography and collage but have created a wide body of work via painting and drawing as well. I have also been involved in a large number of projects designing covers and illustrations for books (mostly poetry) and compact discs (mostly improv/jazz artists from various parts of the world). My approach to the artwork for the book, Coming Here to be Alone, focused on one concept/koan: “what is here. where is here,” with the intention of connecting with the spirit of the poems therein rather than attempting to illustrate any literal image(s) or ideas.
Selected Exhibitions:
Portland Art Museum's Oregon Biennial
Portland Community College’s Northview Gallery
Salem Art Festival
University of Portland
Books for Sale on Mountains and Rivers Press Designed by Brad Winter: Coming Here to be Alone
Jonathan GreeneJonathan Greene is an award-winning book designer and the publisher of Gnomon Press, a small press specializing in literary and photographic books. In 1966, he was an apprentice printer at the University of Kentucky and gained handpress experience at the press of Victory and Carolyn Hammer and at The King Library Press. From 1967-1977 he worked as the production manager and designer for the University of Kentucky Press (later renamed The University Press of Kentucky). He began working as a freelance designer in 1976 and continues this work today.
He has designed books for: Alfred A. Knopf, The Eco Press, Graywolf, Copper Canyon, The Jargon Society, North Atlantic Books, Duke University Press, New Directions, North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, University of Illinois Press, University of Tennessee Press, Anvil Press, Rizzoli, Broadstone, Origin, Ten Speed Press, and The University Press of Kentucky.
Greene's book designs have received numerous awards including, but not limited to, the following:
American Association of University Presses
Chicago Book Clinic
Midwest Book Show
Southern Books Competition
Books for Sale on Mountains and Rivers Press Designed by Jonathan Greene: Invent a World Hut Poems Watching Dewdrops Fall Pacific
Stephen LeflarNorthwest artist, Stephen Leflar, lives in Portland, Oregon. See the following websites for information about his work and exhibits:
http://holecomm.ca:16080/preview/previews/06-2007/pacifist.html
http://padaoregon.org/content/stephen-laflar-0
http://www.beppugallery.com/showartists.php?ArtistID=125Books for Sale on Mountains and Rivers Press Designed by Stephen Leflar: Kindle