• Excerpt from the essay “Split at the Root,” by Adrienne Rich, printed on handmade paper.
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Adrienne Rich, “Split at the Root,” broadside

From Women Making History: The Revolutionary Feminist Postcard Art of Helaine Victoria Press by Julia M. Allen and Jocelyn H. Cohen

  • One of a pair of fundraiser broadsides. Excerpt from the essay, “Split at the Root,” printed in black, with deep red initial cap. The handmade paper is white cotton rag with a hint of blush,10 ½” x 16”. 60 copies printed. 50 signed by Adrienne Rich, Nancy Poore, and Jocelyn Cohen. An additional 200 copies were printed on machine-made Strathmore Brigadoon paper. The companion fundraiser broadside was taken from the book ­Abeng, by Michelle Cliff.
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