Paper Money / to be chewed on by commerce is to be swaddles in summer; a drowning in air
Vexed King/ bent nails
Bear (adult) / rope burn through your entire guts
Descriptions of Teeth for Characters and Concepts in a Novel by Pete Beatty is an experiment in srtistic recycling. Made from the hilarious, beautiful, and brutal off-cuts from Beatty’s debut novel, Cuyahoga (Scribner, 2020), this disbound book rescues and elevates a list of killed darlings from Beatty’s waste bin.
Letterpress printed on Mohawk. The colophon is gilded with 24K gold. The lid of the box contains a human tooth behind glass.
Edition of 10. $250. Contact for purchase information.
This book was made possible by a CBAA Artist Grant.
Author Bio
Pete Beatty is a writer and editor based in Tuscaloosa, AL. To learn about his work and wit, visit him at https://petebeatty.org/ and check out his debut novel Cuyahoga, out now from Scribner.