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This is the 2nd edition, a perfect bound paperback reproduction of the original handbound volume which sold out quickly after its release. The cover and most visual and textual elements have been digitally reproduced and printed (distinguished by the addition of overlapping blue waves at the spine).
A digital version of this book is freely available as a download from [this order page]
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letters from a strange land
Poetry/Hybrid, 40 pages
Publication Date: April 17, 2026
Book Size: 5 × 7
Format: Perfect bound paperback
“dear memory,
you world eater
you fence eater
you shade eater
memorymob coming with pitchforks
to our wedding”
Ryan Bollenbach is the author of Letters from a Strange Land (Carrion Bloom 2026). He formerly served as the managing editor of Gulf Coast and the poetry editor of Black Warrior Review. His writing has appeared in DIAGRAM, Bennington Review, Quarterly West, Snail Trail Press, and elsewhere.
Sections from this volume first appeared in Ampersand Review, Bennington Review, Bayou Magazine, Birds Piled Loosely, Cloud Rodeo, Colorado Review, DIAGRAM, Dream Pop Press, Hardly Doughnuts, Foundry, inter | rupture, Hermeneutic Chaos Literary Journal, Sonora Review, Quarterly West, and Vector Press.
The original handbound edition was printed in New Orleans in 2026. The cover images were letterpressed on Colorplan paper at Baskerville Studios, and the morse code was stabbed and sewn into the cover by the editors using hand-dyed thread.
This 2nd edition paperback preserves most text and visual elements of the original. The punched and handsewn morse code from the original cover is digitally reproduced. The cover and spine of the 2nd edition is distinguished by an overlapping wave pattern in blue.
This is the 2nd edition, a perfect bound paperback reproduction of the original handbound volume which sold out quickly after its release. The cover and most visual and textual elements have been digitally reproduced and printed (distinguished by the addition of overlapping blue waves at the spine).
A digital version of this book is freely available as a download from [this order page]
-
letters from a strange land
Poetry/Hybrid, 40 pages
Publication Date: April 17, 2026
Book Size: 5 × 7
Format: Perfect bound paperback
“dear memory,
you world eater
you fence eater
you shade eater
memorymob coming with pitchforks
to our wedding”
Ryan Bollenbach is the author of Letters from a Strange Land (Carrion Bloom 2026). He formerly served as the managing editor of Gulf Coast and the poetry editor of Black Warrior Review. His writing has appeared in DIAGRAM, Bennington Review, Quarterly West, Snail Trail Press, and elsewhere.
Sections from this volume first appeared in Ampersand Review, Bennington Review, Bayou Magazine, Birds Piled Loosely, Cloud Rodeo, Colorado Review, DIAGRAM, Dream Pop Press, Hardly Doughnuts, Foundry, inter | rupture, Hermeneutic Chaos Literary Journal, Sonora Review, Quarterly West, and Vector Press.
The original handbound edition was printed in New Orleans in 2026. The cover images were letterpressed on Colorplan paper at Baskerville Studios, and the morse code was stabbed and sewn into the cover by the editors using hand-dyed thread.
This 2nd edition paperback preserves most text and visual elements of the original. The punched and handsewn morse code from the original cover is digitally reproduced. The cover and spine of the 2nd edition is distinguished by an overlapping wave pattern in blue.