The Center of the Lake - poems by Todd Young and images by Rupert Deese.
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The Center of the Lake - poems by Todd Young, images by Rupert Deese

The Center of the Lake is a book of poems and images released in a signed and numbered edition of 200. The poems are by Todd Young of Cayucos, California and the images are by Rupert Deese of New York City.

The book is 28 pages long (including end pages) and the ten different images were silkscreen printed by K-Bor Studio on Stonehenge paper. The text was letterpress printed by Peter Kruty Editons and it was published by Manneken Press in 2000. The dimensions of the book is approximately 10.5" x 12 ". We'll send you the lowest numbered edition we have available when you order. Young and Deese also collaborated on The Orange.

Young's poems have a calm and direct voice that set scenes directly with a no gussying up and a bit of timing and arrangement for direction. Here is a poem from the book:

Fresno

Dad, wielding his old
farmer shovel on the
dusted pink cement
walkway leading
from the shimmering
rose concrete porch,
smashed a gopher.
The blood and viscera
stained. We were
horrified and hugely
impressed.