The Sophia
The Sophia Leaves Text Messages
September 2009
by Sara Amis Where is my anemone? What would the Sophia say if she sent out texts? This handbound book of 15 one-sided pages measures approximately 2.25 inches wide by 3.75 inches high. Printed on archival, satin paper, library bound with a hard spine and silver and black endpapers. Black cloth and decorative, silver and antique laid paper adorn the cover. The book has been bound to resemble the clamshell style of cell/mobile phone, with the spine at the top. Flip to open and read.Limited edition of 18 numbered copies. $25.00 each plus $5.00 shipping, worldwide.
Sara Amis is a current MFA student in the Creative Writing program at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, USA. She won the 2007 Mangrove Review award for creative nonfiction. Her work has appeared in Magpie Magazine, the anthology Jabberwocky 3, and has been adapted for the National Public Radio series "Hitchhiking Off the Map." In addition to the poems in The Sophia Leaves Text Messages, she has a text message poetry project up on Twitter.com titled "The Traveling Bobcat Poetry Show." She likes to wander from genre to genre with blithe abandon.
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