From: bookmarch_at_aol.com
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:09:01 -0400 (EDT)

I hope that what you all are experiencing in Susan's, Leda's, Tanya's, and my posts -- which could be echoed by many other authors of trade NF -- is a consciousness-raising moment. We really do put the same care into the art and design of our NF that authors, illustrators, designers, and editors put into 32-page picture books, and we have the two extra challenges of using only archival art, and over the length of much longer books. This is a labo r of love for us -- and we hope that this strand will alert you as readers and critics to the craft involved in making our books. Take the time to pag e through any of our books, think about where the art came from, how it was placed, and captioned, and how the pacing of art and text have been calibr ated. There is a dance, a rhythm, in the duet of image and word -- as chore ographed as in a panels, pages, and spreads of a good graphic novel -- and we hope you will now begin to be able to feel it.

Marc Aronson
Received on Sun 01 Apr 2012 10:09:01 AM CDT