Prologue: Definitions
| Tuesday, January 17 |
Discussion |
| Thursday, January 19 |
Looking at Books |
Note: Meet in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Main Library Room 346
Chapter 1: Writing
| Tuesday, January 24 |
Discussion |
| Thursday, January 26 |
Lab 1: Amanuenses to AI |
Chapter 2, Part I: Composition
| Monday, January 30 |
Friday, DUE: Grade Contracts |
| Tuesday, January 31 |
Discussion |
- Ellen Lupton, “Letter” from Thinking With Type (2010), Canvas link
- Amaranth Borsuk, “The Book as Content” from The Book (2018)
- Riley Cran, “Custom Fonts for Pentiment” (2022), external link
| Thursday, February 2 |
Lab 2a: Typesetting |
Chapter 2, Part II: Imposition
| Tuesday, February 7 |
Discussion |
- Ellen Lupton, “Text” and “Grid” from Thinking With Type (2010), Canvas link
- Meredith L. McGill, “Format” (2018), library link
- Barbara Heritage and Ruth-Ellen St. Onge, “Format,” from the “Building the Book from the Ancient World to the Present Day” Exhibition, external link
- Find 2-3 videos of interest from Book Historia’s Bite Sized Book History series and be ready to share what you learned from them
| Thursday, February 9 |
Lab 2b: Print |
Chapter 3: Pastiche
| Tuesday, February 14 |
Discussion |
| Thursday, February 16 |
Lab 3: Zine |
Guest Instructors: Maria Emerson (Student Success Librarian) and Sarah Christensen (Visual Resources and Outreach Specialist), Main Library
Chapter 4: Fabrication
| Tuesday, February 21 |
Discussion |
- Charity Hancock, Clifford Hichar, Carlea Holl-Jensen, Kari Kraus, Cameron Mozafari, and Kathryn Skutlin, “Bibliocircuitry and the Design of the Alien Everyday” (2013), external link
- Kendra Pierre-Louis, “3D printing is tackling what may be its biggest challenge yet: the humble book” (2017)
- Gabby Resch, Dan Southwick, Isaac Record, and Matt Ratto, “Thinking as Handwork: Critical Making with Humanistic Concerns” (2017)
- read the “About” page and browse the website for Sari Altschuler and David Weimer’s Touch This Page project, external link
| Thursday, February 23 |
Lab 4: Lasers! |
| Friday, February 24 |
DUE: BOOK PROJECT PROMPT |
Chapter 5: Gathering
| Tuesday, February 28 |
Discussion |
- Amaranth Borsuk, “The Book as Idea” from The Book (2018)
- Élika Ortega, “The Many Books of the Future: Print-digital Literatures” (2020)
- Barbara Heritage and Ruth-Ellen St. Onge, “Bookbindings Before 1800, “Bookbinding Tools, Stamps, Dies, Leather, and Cloth,” and “Bookbindings After 1800” from the “Building the Book from the Ancient World to the Present Day” Exhibition, external link
| Thursday, March 2 |
Lab 5: Binding |
Chapter 6: Interaction
| Tuesday, March 7 |
Discussion |
- Read about “Agrippa” (1992) at “The Agrippa Files”
- Craig Mod, “Future Reading” (2015), external link
- Amaranth Borsuk, “The Book as Interface” from The Book (2018)
- Choose 2-3 works from the Electronic Literature Collection Volume 3 (2016) or Volume 4 (2022) to read and share with the group
| Thursday, March 9 |
Lab 6: E-lit |
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Interlude: Spring Break
March 11-19
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Chapter 7: Experimentation
| Monday, March 20 |
DUE: BOOK PROJECT PROPOSAL |
| Tuesday, March 21 |
Discussion |
| Thursday, March 23 |
Artists Books |
Note: Meet in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Main Library Room 346
Chapter 8: Past Futures
| Tuesday, March 28 |
Discussion |
Thursday, March 30: Studio
Chapter 9: Interlude
| Friday, April 7 |
DUE: BOOK PROJECT PROTOTYPE |
Chapter 10: Future Past
| Tuesday, April 11 |
Discussion |
- Jon Bois, “What Football Will Look Like in the Future” (2017), external link. Note: This story is a longer read—a novelette, probably—but worth the time. Plan accordingly
| Thursday, April 13 |
Studio |
| Thursday, April 20 |
Studio |
Epilogue
| Tuesday, April 25 |
Wrap-Up Discussion |
| Thursday, April 27 |
Final Book Presentations |
| Tuesday, May 2 |
Final Book Presentations |