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Typewriter Drawing.

Pre-Ordering Janet McCann's "Widowing"

Cursive font from the typewriter.

When you pre-order Janet McCann's poetry chapbook, "Widowing", you will automatically be entered into the drawing to win the typewriter the book was typed up on for publication!  This Signature 440T is a portable manual typer with a cursive font.  In perfect working order, it  comes with the travel case and a back-up ribbon.  

$12.50 + S/H

Signature 440T from Montgomery Ward

We fell in love with Janet McCann's manuscript, Widowing, instantly... and we encouraged the author to submit it elsewhere.  It is a beautifully experimental poetry recollection of a husband and intertwined lives and the way these two people were separated. More than that, we felt her résumé was littered with publishers who had the ability to reach a wider audience and this is a book that deserves to be read.​

Though, after some email conversations with the author and talking the content over with other book makers, we came up with the idea to print a book that has to be torn apart to be read--- though we had no idea how to accomplish it.  After months of failed mock-ups, we finally figured out how to hand-make this book in a way that integrates the content and the object while-- hopefully --enhancing the reader's engagement with the words within. Now, in order to read it, you must tear the pages apart and crack the spine.  It is an object of separation.

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Click the cover image above to read a sample.  Watch the video below to see the way the book is intended to be read.  If you would like to pre-order the book, click the "Buy Now" button below the video.  All pre-order copies will be mailed out March 18th. 

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$12.50 + S/H

Author Bio:  Janet McCann is an old Texas poet who taught Creative Writing and other vices at Texas A&M for more than 45 years. Her most recent poetry book is The Crone at the Casino (Lamar University Press, 2015.) She lives in College Station with her two dogs, Lizzie and Padre.

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Throwback Books is an independent publisher of hand-crafted chapbooks. We believe the act of turning the page is no longer a required movement in reading--- so we strive to make that action something tangibly enjoyed in each work. To get a better idea of who we are and what we do, check out our about us page and our current catalog of books

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