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Protection Rituals is a collection of drawings and ekphrastic poems by Wade Tullier and Rita Mookerjee.
Tullier’s spare, archetypal assemblages are in constant motion, casting long shadows over Mookerjee’s defiant narrator. Velvet couches, salt lines, late-70s Bowie, and egg-topped ramen provide an indulgent backdrop for the twelve examinations of adolescence, ennui, and loneliness contained in this genre-bending collection.
Cover design, interiors, typography, and binding by Erik Pedersen. Risograph printing, folding, and collating by Mica Mead and Colin Sutherland at Woolly Press. Variable edition of 350 with alternating red, blue, and green kozo + banana fiber endpapers.
Watch the virtual book launch and poetry reading with Mookerjee, Tullier, and special guests!
FIRST EDITION: 22 May 2020
SECOND EDITION: 04 April 2023
PAGES: 34
DIMENSIONS: 5”x7”
PROCESS: Risography
INK COLORS: black
PAPER: FPC Pop-Tone Lemon Drop, 65# cover; Lynx Ultra Smooth, 70# text; dyed kozo and banana fiber endpapers
EDITION SIZE: 350
Rita Mookerjee is an Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Worcester State University. She is the co-founder of Honey Literary, Inc., a Poetry Editor at Split Lip Magazine, and an Editorial Board Member at Sundress Publications. In 2020, she was a Fulbright Fellow in Kingston, Jamaica. She is the author of False Offering (JackLeg Press, 2023). Her poetry can be found in The Baltimore Review, Hobart Pulp, New Orleans Review, Lantern Review, and The Offing.
Wade Tullier is a visual artist working primarily in ceramics and sculpture. His work and process are heavily influenced by storytelling, myth, and being raised within the landscape of southern Louisiana. He holds a BFA from Louisiana State University and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, with recent shows in Miami, Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit. His work was recently included in Clay Pop at Jeffrey Deitch New York. Tullier is represented by Primary in Miami.
Protection Rituals
Rita Mookerjee and Wade Tullier
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Protection Rituals is a collection of drawings and ekphrastic poems by Wade Tullier and Rita Mookerjee.
Tullier’s spare, archetypal assemblages are in constant motion, casting long shadows over Mookerjee’s defiant narrator. Velvet couches, salt lines, late-70s Bowie, and egg-topped ramen provide an indulgent backdrop for the twelve examinations of adolescence, ennui, and loneliness contained in this genre-bending collection.
Cover design, interiors, typography, and binding by Erik Pedersen. Risograph printing, folding, and collating by Mica Mead and Colin Sutherland at Woolly Press. Variable edition of 350 with alternating red, blue, and green kozo + banana fiber endpapers.
Watch the virtual book launch and poetry reading with Mookerjee, Tullier, and special guests!
FIRST EDITION: 22 May 2020
SECOND EDITION: 04 April 2023
PAGES: 34
DIMENSIONS: 5”x7”
PROCESS: Risography
INK COLORS: black
PAPER: FPC Pop-Tone Lemon Drop, 65# cover; Lynx Ultra Smooth, 70# text; dyed kozo and banana fiber endpapers
EDITION SIZE: 350
Rita Mookerjee is an Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Worcester State University. She is the co-founder of Honey Literary, Inc., a Poetry Editor at Split Lip Magazine, and an Editorial Board Member at Sundress Publications. In 2020, she was a Fulbright Fellow in Kingston, Jamaica. She is the author of False Offering (JackLeg Press, 2023). Her poetry can be found in The Baltimore Review, Hobart Pulp, New Orleans Review, Lantern Review, and The Offing.
Wade Tullier is a visual artist working primarily in ceramics and sculpture. His work and process are heavily influenced by storytelling, myth, and being raised within the landscape of southern Louisiana. He holds a BFA from Louisiana State University and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, with recent shows in Miami, Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit. His work was recently included in Clay Pop at Jeffrey Deitch New York. Tullier is represented by Primary in Miami.
