The Atlas Project is a collection of poem-maps developed out of an open-ended conversation and collaboration between the poet Douglas Kearney, a group of Colorado College students, and The Press at Colorado College.

The CC students who worked on the project are David-Elijah Brown, Rayn Fox, Nicole Leung, Kat Snoddy, and Ace Taylor. Paul Oh, Anya Quesnel, and Molly Seaman participated in conversations.

“I am I am I am.” Design, text, and printing by David Elijah-Brown. “of mind’s monarchy…” poem by Douglas Kearney. Inkjet, collagraph, metal and wood type on Somerset Book paper.

“Getting Lost, Finding Home.” Design and folding by Nicole Leung. Injet printed on Somerset Book paper.

“Gray Lesson.” Design, printing, and stitching by Kat Snoddy. Text by David Elijah-Brown. Metal type and collagraph on Somerset Book paper.

“Dissertation on the Male Me Eaten Alive.” Design, text, printing, painting, and crumpling by Rayn Fox and Ace Taylor. “octopus, i, the sly mollusk…” poem by Douglas Kearney. Inkjet, acrylic paint, and metal type on Somerset Book paper.

“In the Under Found Us.” Interior design by Douglas Kearney. “what is good breath…” poem by Rayn Fox and Ace Taylor. Exterior color design by Aaron Cohick, based on the colors of the painting “Slavers throwing overboard the Dead and Dying — Typhoon coming on” by J.M.W. Turner. Photopolymer plates, flexible collagraph, and metal type on found paper. Printing by Aaron Cohick.

Box design by Aaron Cohick in consultation with Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder.

6” x 8.5” (closed). 17.5” x 17.5” (fully extended)

Edition of 15. 5 copies for sale.

2023