by Lauren | May 7, 2013 | art, books, letterpress
I Want a Crayfish’s Heart began as a simple idea: if my heart was broken, and I could choose from a catalog of replacements from different creatures, what would I choose? Which heart would be strong enough to withstand another crushing blow? The narrative... by Lauren | May 7, 2013 | art, book arts, books, letterpress
Specimens is a book in four parts. The narrative compares the speaker’s romantic relationship to the behaviors of poisonous and carnivorous insects. Or, more accurately, the speaker relays the ways in which her lover, an entomologist, compares her behavior to...