http://81press.net Information & discussion about African diaspora photographers and publishing. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:23:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear powerHouse follower— You are, with any luck, a retailer, a reviewer, a promoter, or just someone vigorously involved in the visual arts, and have been following us through our varied publications over the years and the copious press we made with them, and perhaps recall the risks, the successes, maybe ... http://81press.net/2010/03/02/interesting-powerhouse-news/ Haiku in my Neighborhood. Poems by Dee Dee McNeil, photographs by Roland Charles,  M. Hanks Gallery, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9821810-1-0, $25.00. (Pages from the book are viewable at Google Books online.) Haiku in my Neighborhood - a coffee table book of 50 haiku poems written by jazz singer/songwriter Dee Dee McNeil with photographs ... http://81press.net/2010/01/31/haiku-in-my-neighborhood-m-hanks-gallery-2009/ The Erotic Diary of a Lumberjack" ("Le Journal Érotique d'un Bûcheron"). artist's book by Barthélémy Toguo with 12 linocuts and texts, 38 x 26.5 cm, Michael Woolworth Editions, Paris, 1000€. http://81press.net/2010/01/31/the-erotic-diary-of-a-lumberjack-by-barthelemy-toguo-michael-woolworth-editions-paris-2010/ Angaza Afrika: African Art Now. Chris Spring, Laurence King, 350 colour illustrations,256 x 226mm, 336 pages, paperback, ISBN – 978 1 85669 548 0, £25. Angaza Afrika: African Art Now, by Chris Spring and published by Laurence King brings together more than 60 of Africa’s most creative contemporary artists, drawn from ... http://81press.net/2010/01/31/angaza-afrika-african-art-now/ Black Venus 2010: They Called Her “Hottentot”. Edited by Deborah Willis. Temple University Press, 288p, ISBN 978-1-4399-0205-9, $34.95. Publishers Weekly Jan 4 2010 review: Her name was Sarah Baartman. Born in South Africa in 1789, she died in Paris in 1815—after five years of being displayed (sometimes in a cage) for entertainment ... http://81press.net/2010/01/22/black-venus-2010-they-called-her-%e2%80%9chottentot/