december takes a great deal of pride in the artwork and artists we feature in every issue. With the oversight of our Art Editor Buzz Spector, we look for art that has some sort of relationship (however loosely defined) to language – all of the art we present relates somehow to words, books, language, or the literary arts. Featured below are some samples of work we’ve featured. For more information about a particular artist, click on their names to visit their personal websites. Each volume is available for individual purchase here.

Vol. 29.1 (Spring/Summer 2018)

Lisa Anne Auerbach – Cover

C.K. Wilde – Alternating Currency

Bodies of Words – Stories on Skin (excerpt from upcoming december Press book – fall 2018)

Vol. 28.2 (Fall/Winter 2017)

Adam Turl – Cover

Shona MacDonald – Sky on Ground

John David O’Brien – Accidental Orientalist AO Series

Vol. 28.1 (Spring/Summer 2017)

Carolyn Guinzio – Cover

Calida Garcia Rawles – Behind The Veil

Sam Roxas-Chua Yao – Asemic Writing

Derek Beaulieu – Asemic Writing

Nico Vassilakis – Asemic Writing

Vol. 27.2 (Fall/Winter 2016)

Kay Rosen – Cover

Fiona Banner – The Bastard Word “Vanity” (excerpt)

Diana Guerrero-Maciá – All-Seeing Basic Weave

Vol. 27.1 (Spring/Summer 2016)

Bethany Collins – Cover
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Etel Adnan – Incentive
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Heather Bennett – Anniversary (B&D)
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Elizabeth Bishop – Devil’s Paintbrush
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Eva Lundsager – Every There 3
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Chantal Joffe – Moll
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Libby Reuter & Joshua D. Rowan – Whitebird (Watershed Cairns)
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Vol. 26.2 (Fall/Winter 2015)

Isabel Barbuzza – Cover
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Michael Ashkin – Constructions and Industrial Paintings
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Carol Jackson – On my Way Home

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Vol. 26.1 (Spring/Summer 2015)

Lori Nix – Cover
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Alexandra Grant – Works on Paper
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Yun-Fei Ji – Drawings
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Vol. 25.2 (Fall/Winter 2014)

Ebony G. Patterson – Cover
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Julie Green – Excerpts from The Last Supper – Final Meals of U.S. Death Row Inmates
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Allyson Strafella – Drawings
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Vol. 25.1 (Spring/Summer 2014)

Béatrice Coron – Cover
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Christine Hiebert – Works on Paper
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Maria Porges – Drawings
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Vol. 24 (Winter 2013)

D.B. Dowd – Cover
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Frank Magnotta – Drawings
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Peter Gourfain – Prints
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