letters from a strange land [Digital Version]

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by Ryan Bollenbach



Note: this download is the digital version of the book.


Although the original handmade edition is sold out, the book will be made available in a second edition as a trade paperback in Summer 2026. This digital version will remain available.

Printed and assembled by Carrion Bloom Books in New Orleans, LA in 2026.




"problem with sharing consciousness
a photo
still suspends distance between
three feet
in one’s daily life
constant
us

but always
whispered
into the precarity of
blood thinning
in a body of water
growing
from icecaps melting"



About the Book

The initial handbound run of
letters from a strange land was printed in New Orleans in 2026 on Mohawk Via paper and bound using the long stitch with hand-dyed linen thread that varies slightly from copy to copy. The cover images were letterpressed from polymer plates on mint green Colorplan paper on a Vandercook Press in Baskerville Studios.


by Ryan Bollenbach



Note: this download is the digital version of the book.


Although the original handmade edition is sold out, the book will be made available in a second edition as a trade paperback in Summer 2026. This digital version will remain available.

Printed and assembled by Carrion Bloom Books in New Orleans, LA in 2026.




"problem with sharing consciousness
a photo
still suspends distance between
three feet
in one’s daily life
constant
us

but always
whispered
into the precarity of
blood thinning
in a body of water
growing
from icecaps melting"



About the Book

The initial handbound run of
letters from a strange land was printed in New Orleans in 2026 on Mohawk Via paper and bound using the long stitch with hand-dyed linen thread that varies slightly from copy to copy. The cover images were letterpressed from polymer plates on mint green Colorplan paper on a Vandercook Press in Baskerville Studios.