Gaylord Schanilec (born 15 April 1955) is an American
wood engraver
Wood engraving is a printmaking technique, in which an artist works an image or ''matrix'' of images into a block of wood. Functionally a variety of woodcut, it uses relief printing, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and pr ...
,
printer
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Technology
* Printer (publishing), a person or a company
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People
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* James ...
, designer, poet, and illustrator. He is the proprietor of the pres
Midnight Paper Sales located in
Stockholm, Wisconsin. He has used the traditional wood engraving process to create illustrations for hundreds of works.
Schanilec grew up in the Red River Valley of North Dakota. He earned a BS from the University of North Dakota. Influenced by the spirit of place poetry movement of the Great Plains, and by the work of poet Thomas McGrath in particular, his early career was spent in the Twin Cities of Minnesota illustrating books of small press poetry. In 1981 he began printing books and established his own imprint, Midnight Paper Sales.
Works
Books Printed
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''On Returning'', Gaylord Schanilec, Midnight Paper Sales, (St. Paul, MN) 1981.
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''One Angel Then'', Deborah Keenan
Deborah Keenan (born 1950, in Minneapolis) is an American poet.
Life
She is an editor for Milkweed Editions.
She also teaches at Hamline University.
She lives with her husband, Stephen Seidel, who is director of urban programs for Habitat for Hum ...
, Midnight Paper Sales, (St. Paul, MN) 1981.
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''Euphemism of a Catholic Childhood'', Gaylord Schanilec, Midnight Paper Sales, (St. Paul, MN), 1981.
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''Midnight Paper Sales'', Gaylord Schanilec, Midnight Paper Sales, (St. Paul, MN), 1981.
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''Poems from Last Summer'', Robert Scott, Midnight Paper Sales, (St. Paul, MN), 1982.
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''Buffaloed'', Gaylord Schanilec, Midnight Paper Sales, (St. Paul, MN), 1983.
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''High Bridge'', Midnight Paper Sales, (St. Paul, MN), 1987.
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''Farmers'', Midnight Paper Sales, (St. Paul, MN), 1989.
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''The Tender Organizations'', Carol Bly, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, (Minneapolis, MN), 1989.
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''Winter Prairie Woman'', Meridel Le Sueur
Meridel Le Sueur (February 22, 1900, Murray, Iowa – November 14, 1996, Hudson, Wisconsin) was an American writer associated with the proletarian literature movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Born as Meridel Wharton, she assumed the name of her mot ...
, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, (Minneapolis, MN), 1990.
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The Old Bird, J. F. Powers
James Farl Powers (July 8, 1917June 12, 1999) was an American novelist and short story writer who often drew his inspiration from developments in the Catholic Church, and was known for his studies of Catholic priests in the Midwest. Although not a ...
, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, (Minneapolis, MN), 1991.
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''The Bread of This World'', Thomas McGrath, Midnight Paper Sales, (Minneapolis, MN), 1992.
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''Snares'', Will Weaver
Will Weaver (born William Weller; 1950 in Park Rapids, Minnesota), is an American author.
Background
Weaver was raised on a dairy farm near Park Rapids, Minnesota, where his parents, who were of Scandinavian descent, farmed 150 acres. In Weave ...
, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, (Minneapolis, MN), 1992.
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''A House in the Country'', Mary Logue, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 1995.
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''Excerpts from a Wisconsin Childhood'', Suzanne McNear, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 1997.
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''Bad Beat'', Pete Hautman, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 1998.
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''Waterfalls of the Mississippi'', Richard Arey, Minnesota Outdoors Press, (St. Paul, MN), 1998.
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''YTWOK'', Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 1999.
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''I Will Eat a Piece of the Roof & You Can Eat the Window'', John Dufresne
John Dufresne (born January 30, 1948) is an American author of French Canadian descent born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester State College in 1970 and the University of Arkansas in 1984. He is a professor in the Master of F ...
, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 1999.
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''Emerson G. Wulling: Printer for Pleasure'', Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 2000.
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''Daffodils in February'', Sharon Rose Stumpf, self-published, 2001.
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''Earnest Morgan: Printer of Principle'', Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 2001.
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''The Coriolus Effect'', Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat (; born January 19, 1969) is a Haitian-American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, ''Breath, Eyes, Memory'', was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or ...
, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 2002.
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''New York Revisited'', Kenneth Auchincloss, The Grolier Club, (New York, NY), 2002.
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''Ink on the Elbow'', Gaylord Schanilec and David Esslemont, Midnight Paper Sales & Solmentes Press, (Stockholm WI and Newtown, Wales), 2003.
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''The Intruder'', Clayton Schanilec, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm WI), 2004.
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''Mayflies of the Driftless Region'', Clarke Garry, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 2005.
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''On Book Collecting'', Arne Kjelsberg, The Ampersand Club, (Minneapolis, MN), 2005.
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''Turkish Pears in August'', Robert Bly
Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021) was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His best-known prose book is '' Iron John: A Book About Men'' (1990), which spent 62 weeks on ' ...
, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 2005.
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''Old Swayback'', Jim Heynen, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 2006.
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''Sylvæ'', Benjamin Verhoeven and Gaylord Schanilec, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 2007.
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''Plunging'', Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat (; born January 19, 1969) is a Haitian-American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, ''Breath, Eyes, Memory'', was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or ...
, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 2009.
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''Report from Pool Four'', Gaylord Schanilec, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 2010.
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''The Bicycle Diaries,'' Richard Goodaman, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 2011.
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''Lac Des Pleurs'', Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 2015.
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''A Little Book of Birds'', Gaylord Schanilec, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 2017.
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''My Mighty Journey'', John Coy
John Richard Coy (born August 9, 1958) is an American children's and young adult author. He writes picture books, young adult novels and the 4 for 4 middle-grade series. He is best known for his books on basketball, ''Strong to the Hoop'', ''Aro ...
, Midnight Paper Sales, (St. Paul, MN), 2019.
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''Bokeh: A Little Book of Flowers'', Gaylord Schanilec, Midnight Paper Sales, (St. Paul, MN), 2020.
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''American Crow: Report from Quarantine'', Gaylord Schanilec, Midnight Paper Sales, (Stockholm, WI), 2021.
Books Illustrated
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''Strips and Shavings'', David Martinson, Truck Press, (St. Paul, MN), 1978.
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''Lunch in Fur'', Anselm Hollo
Anselm Paul Alexis Hollo (12 April 1934 – 29 January 2013) was a Finnish poet and translator. He lived in the United States from 1967 until his death in January 2013.
Hollo published more than forty titles of poetry in the United Kingdom and ...
, Truck Press, (St. Paul, MN), 1978.
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''Where is Dancer’s Hill?'', Robert Schueler, Lame Johnny Press, (Menomonie, WI), 1979.
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''An Explosion of White Pedals'', Compas/Writers in the Schools, (St. Paul, MN), 1979.
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''A Box of Night Mirrors'', COMPAS/Writers in the Schools, (St. Paul, MN), 1980.
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''Weathers, Houses, Vistas, Dust,'' Joseph Hutchinson, Juniper Press, (La Crosse, WI), 1980.
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''Unease'', Tadeusz Rozewicz
''Tadeusz'' is a Polish first name, derived from Thaddaeus.
Tadeusz may refer to:
* Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895–1966), Polish military leader
* Tadeusz Borowski (1922–1951), Polish writer and The Holocaust survivor
* Tadeusz Boy-Żeleńsk ...
, New Rivers Press, (St. Paul, MN), 1980.
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''How Micky Made It'', Jayne Ann Phillips, Bookslinger Editions, (St. Paul, MN), 1981.
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''Household Wounds'', Deborah Keenan
Deborah Keenan (born 1950, in Minneapolis) is an American poet.
Life
She is an editor for Milkweed Editions.
She also teaches at Hamline University.
She lives with her husband, Stephen Seidel, who is director of urban programs for Habitat for Hum ...
, New Rivers Press, (St. Paul, MN), 1981.
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''The Zelinski Poems'', Thomas Reiter, Juniper Press, (La Crosse, WI), 1981.
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''Deposition'', Pete Green, New Rivers Press, (St. Paul, MN), 1982.
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''Different Arrangements'', Sharon Chmeilarz, New Rivers Press, (St. Paul, MN), 1982.
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''Lessons from a Fourth Grade Class'', Mary Molyneux, Toothpaste Press, (West Branch, IA), 1982.
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''Total Strangers'', Terence Winch
Terence Patrick Winch is an Irish-American poet, writer and musician.
Biography
Winch was born in New York City in 1945. He grew up in an Irish neighborhood in the Bronx, the child of Irish immigrants. In 1971, he moved to Washington, DC, where h ...
, Toothpaste Press, (West Branch, IA), 1982.
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''Resort'', Patricia Hampl Patricia Hampl (born March 12, 1946) is an American memoirist, writer, lecturer, and educator. She teaches in the MFA program at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis and is one of the founding members of the Loft Literary Center.
Life
Patric ...
, Bookslinger Editions, (St. Paul, MN), 1982.
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''Somata'', Philip Foss Jr., Beiler Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1982.
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''Morning Windows'', Michael Moos, New Rivers Press, (St. Paul, MN), 1983.
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''Constellations'', Roger Blakely, self-published, (St. Paul, MN), 1983.
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''The Man in the Cardboard Mask'', Alvin Greenberg, Coffe House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1984.
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''Harum Scarum'', Keith Abbot, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1984.
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''Your Are Mine'', Patricia Shaheen, self-published, (Minneapolis, MN), 1984.
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''Erosion Surface'', Steven LaVoie, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1984.
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''Offcuts'', Campbell-Logan Bindery, (Minneapolis, MN), 1985.
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''The Alligator Report'', W. P. Kinsella
William Patrick "W. P." Kinsella (May 25, 1935September 16, 2016) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, known for his novel ''Shoeless Joe'' (1982), which was adapted into the movie ''Field of Dreams'' in 1989. His work often concern ...
, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1985.
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''My Father’s Life'', Raymond Carver
Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. (May 25, 1938 – August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet. He contributed to the revitalization of the American short story during the 1980s.
Early life
Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, a mi ...
, Babcock and Koonz, (Ridgewood, NJ), 1986.
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''Lucha'', Constance Urdang, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1986.
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''Dance Me Outside'', W. P. Kinsella
William Patrick "W. P." Kinsella (May 25, 1935September 16, 2016) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, known for his novel ''Shoeless Joe'' (1982), which was adapted into the movie ''Field of Dreams'' in 1989. His work often concern ...
, David R. Godine Publisher, (Boston, MA), 1986.
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''Bop'', Maxine Chernoff
Maxine Chernoff (born 1952) is an American novelist, writer, poet, academic and literary magazine editor.
Biography
She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and attended the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Chernoff is a professor and ...
, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1986.
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''Twelve Below Zero'', Anthony Bukowski, New Rivers Press, (St. Paul, MN), 1986.
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''Common Body, Royal Bones'', Evelyn Schefner, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1987.
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''More Stately Mansions'', John Updike
John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others being Booth ...
, Nouveau Press, 1987.
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''Keeping the Star'', Thomas R. Smith, New Rivers Press, (St. Paul, MN), 1987.
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''The First Thing Coming'', Keith Abbot, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1987.
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''Communist'', Richard Ford
Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel '' The Sportswriter'' and its sequels, '' Independence Day'', ''The Lay of the Land'' and ''Let Me Be Frank With You'', and t ...
, Babcock and Koontz, (Ridgewood, NJ), 1988.
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''American Earthquakes'', Constance Urdang, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1988.
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''The Play and Other Stories'', Stephen Dixon, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1988.
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''Cover Me'', Lon Otto, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1988.
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''No Relation to the Hotel'', David Hilton, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1989.
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''Chanticleer of the Wilderness'', Meridel Le Seur, Holy Cow Press, (Duluth, MN), 1989.
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''Love'', John Williams, Babcock and Koontz, (Ridgewood, NJ), 1989.
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''Eight Decades'', Elmer Anderson
Clyde Elmer Anderson (March 16, 1912 – January 22, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of Minnesota from September 27, 1951 to January 5, 1955. Anderson also served as the lieutenant governor of Minnesota from 1939 ...
, self-published, 1989.
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''My Own Alphabet'', Bobbie Louise Hawkins
Bobbie Louise Hawkins (July 11, 1930 – May 4, 2018) was a short story writer, monologist, and poet.
Life
Hawkins was born in Abilene in west Texas, to a teenage mother. She was raised by her mother Nora Hall and her stepfather Harold Hall, wit ...
, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1989.
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''Why We Live With Animals'', Alvin Greenburg, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1990.
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''The Other Miller'', Tobias Wolff
Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha of the Bible, To ...
, Babcock and Koontz, (Ridgewood, NJ), 1990.
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''Dismal River'', Ron Block, New Rivers Press, (St. Paul, MN), 1991.
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''The First and Last Old-timers Baseball Game,'' W. P. Kinsella
William Patrick "W. P." Kinsella (May 25, 1935September 16, 2016) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, known for his novel ''Shoeless Joe'' (1982), which was adapted into the movie ''Field of Dreams'' in 1989. His work often concern ...
, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1991.
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''Wrenching Times'', Walt Whitman
Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among t ...
, Gwasg Gregynog, (Newtown, Wales), 1991.
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''A Printer’s Dozen'', Philip Gallo, Beiler Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1992.
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''Five Short Stories'', Marcel Ayme, Bird and Bull Press, (Newtown, PA), 1994.
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''A .38 Special and a Broken Heart'', Jonis Agee
Jonis Agee (born May 31, 1943 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American professor and writer of short stories, novels, essays, and screenplays. She is the author of thirteen books, including five novels and five collections of short fiction. Three of he ...
, Coffee House Press, (Minneapolis, MN), 1995.
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''My Town'', David Lee, Copper Canyon Press, (Port Townsend, WA), 1995.
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''On The Rocks'', MFK Fisher, The Ampersand Club, (Minneapolis, MN), 1997.
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''Letter to an Imaginary Friend'', Thomas McGrath, Copper Canyon Press, (Port Townsend, WA), 1997.
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''The Return of the Private'', Hamlin Garland
Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.
Biog ...
, Yellow Barn Press, (Omaha, NE), 1998.
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''Short Essays'', Et al., The Hill Press, (Baltimore, MD), 1998.
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''On the Rocks'', J. J. Talaga, The Ampersand Club, (Minneapolis, MN), 1999.
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''Keepsakes and Other Stories'', Jon Hassler
Jon Hassler (March 30, 1933 – March 20, 2008) was an American writer and teacher known for his novels about small-town life in Minnesota. He held the positions of Regents professor emeritus and writer-in-residence at St. John's University in C ...
, Afton Historical Society Press, (Afton, MN), 1999.
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''Rufus at the Door and Other Stories'', Joh Hassler, Afton Historical Society Press, (Afton, MN), 2000.
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''The Boys House'', Jim Heynen, Minnesota Historical Press, 2001.
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''The Mystery of the Jeweled Cross'', Larry Millett
Larry Millett (born 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American journalist and author. He is the former (retired 2002) architectural critic for the '' St. Paul Pioneer Press'', a daily newspaper in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the author of se ...
, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, (Minneapolis, MN), 2002.
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''A Walk by the River'', Dale Jacobson, Red Dragonfly Press, (Northfeild, MN), 2004.
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''Fine Printing in the Twentieth Century, Selections from the Collection of Kenneth Auchincloss'', The Grolier Club, (New York, NY), 2005.
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''Twenty-four Old Regulars'', Maurice Manning
Maurice Manning (born 14 June 1943) is an Irish academic and former Fine Gael politician. Manning was a member of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) for 21 years, serving in both the Dáil Éireann, Dáil and the Seanad Éireann, Seanad. Since Aug ...
, Press on Scroll Road, (Cleveland Heights, OH), 2008.
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''My Mighty Journey'', John Coy
John Richard Coy (born August 9, 1958) is an American children's and young adult author. He writes picture books, young adult novels and the 4 for 4 middle-grade series. He is best known for his books on basketball, ''Strong to the Hoop'', ''Aro ...
, Minnesota Historical Society Press, (St. Paul, MN), 2019.
Further reading
References
External links
Midnight Paper Sales
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1955 births
Living people
American designers
American illustrators
American printers
American wood engravers
People from Pepin County, Wisconsin
University of North Dakota alumni