From a poem by Ibn al-Utri on the destruction of Baghdad in the early ninth century. Recited by bookseller Naim al-Satri on September 14, 2007 as a curfew was lifted on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, six months after a car bombing that devastated Iraq's historic book market.
Hand set in Lydian types and printed on Pescia by Bonnie Bernstein at Woods Creek Press. Woodcut by Leigh Ann Beavers.
With thanks to New York Times reporter Damien Cave, Washington and Lee University Art Department, and the Virginia Arts of the Book Center.
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