The War Works Hard

The War Works Hard (2012) is a poem by Iraqi-America poet Dunya Mikhail presented as an 11-page accordion fold artist’s book. The English text, translated by Elizabeth Winslow, is on one side; the Arabic text has its own cover, opening from right to left, and occupies the other side of the pages. Both sides contain drawings made for the book by John Paisley. Edition of 55. 4” square. Printed from handset Bernhard Gothic with Legend titling (for the English), and from photopolymer plates (for the Arabic), on Rives de Lin or Folio Antique paper. Red Fabriano covers and black Hahnemühle Bugra Bütten endpapers. Text printed in black ink, illustrations in grey. Three copies have been donated to the Mutanabbi Street Coalition. Ten per cent of the sales price of the remaining copies goes to Doctors Without Borders for their humanitarian relief work.