Jessica Spring. Springtide Press, Tacoma WA. 2023.

Dimensions: 9 3/8” x 6” x 3/4”.

Bound: 2023.

Aqua goatskin binding with gold tooling on the spine. Back-painted mylar shapes set into recessed spaces. Painted cork edge-to-edge pastedowns and flyleaves. 

One Liners is a type specimen book, of sorts. The invented back-painted mylar shapes suggest type set in lines as if to print. The brush strokes from the paint behind the surfaces suggest the human touch that is very much part of Jessica Spring’s prose found within.