The Brother in Elysium, sewn and bound by hand and laid into a letterpress-printed dust jacket, limited edition

Publication Date: Summer 2022

Firefly consists of 16 previously unpublished poems written by Joshua Beckman during the summer of 2018, alongside four new photo collages by Jon Beacham responding to the text.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).

Hand set and printed letterpress in Hermann Zapf’s Aldus typeface. Artwork printed color offset. 36 pages, 6 x 7.5 inches.

Edition of 225