by UCLA PhD candidate & student staff Erin Severson “NEAR THIS SPOT CAPT. JAMES COOK MET HIS DEATH FEBRUARY 14, 1779” — A brick laid in the waters of Kealakekua Bay, Kona district, Hawaiʻi Some people will spend today celebrating the Feast of Saint Valentine. Some will tactfully (or begrudgingly) refrain. I will spend the…
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Broadsides From Oyez Press
Published: February 25, 2014![](https://clarklibrary.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/snyder9-700x430.jpg)
By Reader Services Assistant, David Eng Oyez Press was founded in 1964 by Robert Hawley and Stevens van Strum in Berkeley, California. Its inaugural run was a series of 10 broadsides featuring poems by Michael McClure, Brother Antoninus, Josephine Miles, Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley, David Meltzer, Denise Levertov, Charles Olson, Gary Snyder and William Bronk….
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Published: January 24, 2014![](https://clarklibrary.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gandctitlepage-700x430.jpg)
By Reader Services Assistant, David Eng When I was shown my office during my first day of employment at the Clark Library there was a framed broadside hanging on the wall announcing the establishment of William Everson’s Equinox Press in 1947, which also featured a block print by his partner Mary Fabilli. I considered this…
Read MoreA Slipcase Showcase: Items from the Arion Press
Published: December 17, 2013![](https://clarklibrary.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/travel-book-1-700x430.jpg)
by Cataloguing Assistant Alejandro Sanchez Nuñez Aside from libraries wishing to protect valuable materials, avid book collectors, and Folio Society aficionados, slipcases are not usually regarded as vital to a book’s anatomy. These box-like enclosures, often fashioned out of paperboard, cardstock, or cloth are used to maintain the physical integrity of books protecting them from…
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