Special Collections is pleased to announce an exceptional new acquisition, titled A Woman Hit By A Meteor. Produced in 2001 by the Brighton Press, this stunning book is one of several collaborations between SDSU faculty Sandra Alcosser and Michele Burgess. Japanese bound in ruby silk, this massive book measures 44 x 31 inches, and is truly breathtaking to encounter. Responding to the awe-inspiring etchings by Burgess, poet Alcosser says that "one must look up to enter these etchings, tip one's chin, exposing the throat. The brain, the crown, moves off center, lifting the heart, permitting correspondence with the darkness."A Woman Hit by a Meteor was donated to San Diego State 
by two long-time friends of Brighton Press, Sonja Jones and Helen Faye. Because of their generosity, students in both Alcosser's Form and Theory of Poetry class and Burgess' Art of the Book and Printmaking classes will gain inspiration and delight for years to come, and will see the dramatic possibilities of a talented collaboration between artist and poet.
(Thanks to Brighton Press for use of the above images.)
by two long-time friends of Brighton Press, Sonja Jones and Helen Faye. Because of their generosity, students in both Alcosser's Form and Theory of Poetry class and Burgess' Art of the Book and Printmaking classes will gain inspiration and delight for years to come, and will see the dramatic possibilities of a talented collaboration between artist and poet.(Thanks to Brighton Press for use of the above images.)
