FIREFLY by Joshua Beckman, with artwork by Jon Beacham

The Brother in Elysium, 2022, First edition limited to 225 copies, Unpaginated, 6" X 7 12", Hand sewn wraps in letterpress printed dust jacket

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Firefly consists of 16 previously unpublished poems written by Joshua Beckman during the summer of 2018, alongside four new photo collages by Jon Beacham responding to the text. These poems were written during Beckman’s first summer living in the woods in upstate New York, where he spent more time with non-human creatures than human ones. Firefly resumes a conversation between the poet and artist that began ten years earlier with the book Porch Light: lamp and chair (2012).

A gorgeous publication.