Two copies of three tides by Pattie McCarthy, lying next to each other on an acacia wood surface. The chapbooks are 5 x 5 inches square, with multicolored patterns of seaweeds in olive green, ochre yellow, plum, and burnt sienna. The title and author name are printed in hand-cut serif lettering and dark olive green ink. Around the chapbooks sit a couple of beach stones and a piece of driftwood.
A screenshot of the first poem in the book, “intertidal ordinary.”
An interior page of three tides by Pattie McCarthy. The poem is titled “a lecture on tides.”
The linocut text block, cut in reverse, in Shanna’s hand with Pfeil carving tools sitting nearby.
The linocut seaweed blocks, cut in pink Speedball Speedy Carve, alongside inked rollers and other printing tools.
Two copies of three tides by Pattie McCarthy sitting upright on a wood shelf, angled toward one another. There are a couple of beach stones and a piece of driftwood in front of them. The covers are printed with various seaweeds.
Two copies of three tides by Pattie McCarthy, lying next to each other on an acacia wood surface. The chapbooks are 5 x 5 inches square, with multicolored patterns of seaweeds in olive green, ochre yellow, plum, and burnt sienna. The title and author name are printed in hand-cut serif lettering and dark olive green ink. Around the chapbooks sit a couple of beach stones and a piece of driftwood.

THREE TIDES
Pattie McCarthy

$10.00

June 2022
5.25 x 5 |  28 pages

Handprinted linocut cover
Caligo Safe-Wash Relief Ink on French Paper Co. Recycled Construction 100 lb. Cardstock
Digitally printed interior on natural white 60 lb text
Hand sewn in natural twine

Note: Individually printed by hand in small batches, no two covers will be exactly alike. Expect minor variations in color across the edition. Thank you, readers, for your incredible support of Bloof’s handmade series. Full series subscriptions are sold out, but you can create your own custom bundle with the books that remain!

Limited to 150 numbered copies

BLOOF BOOKS CHAPBOOK SERIES
Volume 5: Issue 1 (2022)
ISSN 2373-163X

Pattie McCarthy is the author of seven books of poetry and over a dozen chapbooks. She teaches literature and creative writing at Temple University where she is a non-tenure track associate professor. Pattie’s chapbook three tides is forthcoming from Bloof in 2022 as part of our 2022–2023 handmade chapbook series.

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Description

Excerpt

the walk archive achieves
through accumulation—the soft

paths mossy or midden
yield a bit to each foot

each sweet thud          the walk
ends where the water

begins—water
is challenging archival material

I bit my lips but
the crows cawed

Additional information

Author

Rowan, JJ

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