I was briefly a book designer for Honeysuckle Press – this included typesetting several chapbooks as well as designing the corresponding book covers. These are rejected works.
The Bitter Map book cover concept was based on the theme of topography within the collection of poems. The cover incorporates titles of poems within the collection, providing a "map" itself of the contents within. From the judges: "The Bitter Map is a restless arc of poems, collecting rituals, warnings, and survival stories. These poems hope to offer guidance to Black and queer folks on how to survive in hostile landscapes, and draw up religious, cultural and land memory maps to help them find a way back home."
Dislocate is a collection of short stories about being and I personally really enjoyed reading it. Many of the characters in the stories yearn for connection from the ones around them, but often fail to find it. The cover reflects the disconnect and glitches of their reality that often triggers their departure and disintegration.
Things That Cannot Be Tamed is set in Alaska and tells the story of three generations of women. This was my personal favourite to design, and the section dividers are a snowflake, echoing the natural imagery and metaphors within the novel.
