A collection of first-person narratives and anecdotes, close-up portrait photographs, and the author's personal and historical reflections capture the rich ethnic diversity of the people and landscapes of the borough of Queens in New York City, in a volume that comes complete with an audio rendition of the oral histories and music by composer Scott Johnson. Original.

Crossing the BLVD: Strangers, Neighbors, Aliens in a New America

Arts & Photography

Warren Lehrer

Judith Sloan

Photography & Video

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Winner AIGA book award and Type Directors Club award. In Tate Gallery and many other collections. i mean you know takes place within a few hours of one day inside the minds of seven characters who co-inhabit the same building. This musical/theatrical setting juxtaposes disparate characters (sasha the artist, violone confined to a wheelchair speaks only through her violin, myron the mystic millionaire, disk jockey ace monroe, little tracy the toddler, angelica the house painter, and the chronically inebriated and unemployed trombonio) in various arrangements; solo, duo, trio, quartet, sextet, and septet. The book further developed my approach to using typography as a means of creating psycho/acoustic translations of voice and thought within the space/time capsule that is a book. The result functions as a book to be read quietly alone, read aloud, or used as a score for performance.

I Mean You Know

Visual Studies Workshop

French Fries

Dennis Bernstein

Book by Lehrer, Warren, Shtern, Adele

Nicky D. from L.I.C.: A Narrative Portrait of Nicholas Detommaso (Portrait Series)

Literature & Fiction

Bay Press

Five Oceans in a Teaspoon is an innovative, beautiful and moving collection of short visual poems written by muckraking journalist/poet Dennis J Bernstein, visualized by pioneer designer/author Warren Lehrer. Thirty-five years after the publication of their book/play French Fries, considered a classic in visual literature and expressive typography, Bernstein and Lehrer have reunited to complete a book of visual poetry they began forty years ago. As with his journalism, Bernstein's poems reflect the struggle of everyday people trying to survive in the face of adversity. Divided into eight chapters, Five Oceans in a Teaspoon reads like a memoir in poems. It spans a lifetime: growing up confused by dyslexia and a parental gambling addiction; graced by pogo sticks, boxing lessons and a mother's compassion; becoming a frontline witness to war and its aftermaths, prison, street life, poverty, love and loss, open heart surgery, caring for aging parents and visitations from them after they're gone. Lehrer's typographic compositions give form to the interior, emotional and metaphorical underpinnings of the poems. Together, the writing and visuals create a new whole that engages the reader to become an active participant in the navigation, discovery, and experience of each poem.

Five Oceans in a Teaspoon

Dennis J Bernstein

Graphic Design

Paper Crown Press

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