Cuneiform: A Retrospective

Founded by Kyle Schlesinger in 2000, Cuneiform: A Retrospective surveys the work of one of the most significant independent publishers in the United States. Cuneiform Press specializes in poetry, typography, and artists' books, as well as the integration of these genres. Renown for their masterful design, Cuneiform has published works by the Black Mountain Poets, the New York School, Bay Area poets, Outsider Artists, as well as writers and artists whose work defies categorization. This retrospective is comprised of new and previously unpublished work many of the authors, artists, and scholars with whom we have had the pleasure of working with over the last quarter century. Contributors include: Ron Padgett; Richard Hell; Dale Smith; Bill Berkson; Sunnylyn Thibodeaux; Lisa Rogal; Glen Baxter; Jamaica Cole; Johanna Drucker; and more. Cover art by Jim Dine. 


PAPERBACK. 5x7 inches. 250 pages. 2026.
ISBN 978-1-950055-17-3