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Yesterday, shortly after noon, one of the nicest (and most outspokeningly liberal) UPS guys showed up on our doorstep and left me a package shipped over from England by Peter Crowther of PS Publishing. Although I was dying to open up the well-taped cardboard box and get to the books I knew were inside, I listened to Rich (I think that was his name) go on about foreign languages not receving much empashis here in American schools and how bad the Bush administration is for this country. It was a lot easier foregoing the box-breaking ceremony listening to an anti-W rant, I have to say.

My dad's book A Reverie for Mister Ray is handsome. Incredibly so, I think, and it's probably the best work I've ever done as a cover artist. I received two copies -- the 500-copy edition with author signature and the 200-pressrun slipcase version with signatures by author, editor (Michael Hutchins), and introductionist (Jeff VanderMeer). Unfortunately, these books aren't terribly cheap, so even though I'd encourage anyone reading this to buy a copy of Reverie from PS Publishing, I certainly can't expect many of my friends to fork over the $45 and/or $90 for one or both of the editions.

But don't judge the book by its cover. While I'd lke to egotistically think that the cover is gorgeous, the writing on the inside is, by far, the best part. ARfMR deserves a much longer, carefully-crafted review than this, but I'm convinced that this book may be one of my father's best. For me personally, it's certainly the most relevant because it collects (almost exclusively) hundreds of non-fiction pieces that Dad wrote over a thirty year period. These reviews, satires, essays, personal philosophies paint a vivid picture of what makes Michael Bishop not only a writer but in some sense my father as well. I don't think these words really do justice to the pride I feel by having my work gracing the cover of such an important book, but A Reverie for Mister Ray is definitely the most higly prized book I'll probably ever put on the bookshelf.




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