Mr. DJ’s Summer Seminar

 John and Cara Dancy-Jones are pleased to offer a week-long camp in papermaking, printmaking and gardening. John Dancy-Jones, Mr. DJ, conducts the camp in his book arts studios and in the garden and backyard of 528 North Person Street, where he and his family have lived for over 20 years. Cara, who will also be tutoring, provides herb and cooking lessons, origami expertise, and a motherly presence.

Campers will learn to make paper pulp, form sheets, and create pulp paintings.  We will apply our paper products to the making of cards, mini-comics, and a journal.  Printmaking, crafts, and science toys will round out the week.

The camp integrates papermaking and book arts with science and nature, spiced with the urban homesteading that is our new passion. Our chickens, turtle and pond life specimens, and local history walks will add to the fun!  Come join us!

Ages 8 – 12.  Each session is limited to five children.  Sessions as follows:

June 18-22

June 25-29 

July 9-13

July 16-20

 9 AM — 3 PM

Cost $300

 For more info, call 919-839-8277 or e-mail John  at

paperplantpress@yahoo.com

our 29x36" wove papermaking screen

Our flower petals are bookpressed, then suspended in the pulp as we make the sheets. A set of five is $14, single cards are $3.

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Science Fiction & Fantasy. periodical late 1960s.

Astounding. periodical late 1960s.

Three Times Infinity.  Ray Bradbury and Leigh Brackett, Theodore Sturgeon, Robert A. Heinlein. 1958. Gold Medal pprbk 1963.

13 Great Stories of Science Fiction. ed. Conklin.  Sturgeon, Clarke, Damon Knight, Poul Anderson, John Wyndham, Algis Budrys, others. 1960.  Gold Medal pprbk 1962.

The City and the Stars.  Arthur C. Clarke. 1957. Signet.

Skyport.  Curt Siodmak.1961. Signet.

War Against the Rull. A. E. Van Vogt. 1959.

Illustrated man. Ray Bradbury. 1952. Bantam.

I, Robot.  Isaac Asimov. 1950. Doubleday.

Childhood’s End.  Arthur C. Clarke. 1953. Ballantine.

The Man Who Fell to Earth. Walter Tevis. 1963. Lancer.

The Demolished Man.  Alfred Bester. 1953. Signet.

   Time Probe: The Sciences in SF. anthology. ed. AC Clarke. 1963. Dell.

   Nebula Award anthology. Annual, late 60′s.

   Science Fiction Argosy.  anthology. ed. Damon Knight. 1972. Victor Gollancz.

   The Science Fiction hall of Fame.  anthology. ed. Robert Silverberg.  1970 and 1973.

The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World.  Harlan Ellison. 1969. Signet.

   Before the Golden Age. 1930’2 anthology. ed. Asimov. 1974.

   Dangerous Visions and all sequels.  anthology.  ed. Ellison.

2001 Space Odyssey. Arthur C. Clarke. 1968. Signet.

Alone Against Tomorrow.  Harlan Ellison. 1976. MacMillan.

A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire.  Michael Bishop.

Valentine’s Castle.  Robert Silverberg. 1980. Harper & Row.

NPR’s 100 Top Sci-Fi and Fantasy

The Little Heel. Lee Moore. illustrated by David Larson. 2004.  $5.00    order

The Little Heel Lee Moore, Illustrated by David Larson
This quaint and quirky tale is for divergent-thinking children of all ages. Originally published as a serial in FARCE, the cultural newsletter of The Paper Plant bookstore, this chapbook presents the entire story with the hitherto unpublished conclusion. Five illustrations by David Larson illuminate the Little Heel’s memorable misadventures.
ISBN 0-929170-16-4. $5.00

Translations from the Unconscious. Clyde Smith. 1985. Winner of the 1987 Southern Books Competition special award for alternative publishing.  $5.00    order from Amazon

Translations From the Unconscious Clyde F. Smith
32 pp. chapbook with handlaid letterpress cover
This title won the Southern Book Awards prize for alternative publishing in 1987. Clyde F. Smith is a Raleigh native who studied dance at UNC-G and received a doctorate in Cultural Studies in Education from Ohio State University.
ISBN 0-929170-10-5. $5.00

Non-Fiction Poems. Bob Rogers. 1986.

By The Blood.  Ralph Dunn. 1986

DOUBLE CHAPBOOK _ TWO FOR ONE COMBINED – 40 total pp. with hand-laid  letterpress cover.  $8.00    order

Non-Fiction PoemsBob Rogers & By The Blood Ralph Dunn
40 pp. chapbook duet with handlaid letterpress cover
Bob Rogers operates a word processing company in Raleigh while continuing the jazz and radio work he has pursued for over twenty five years. Ralph Dunn enjoyed great notoriety as the Taxicab Poet of Raleigh until his passing in summer of 2001.
ISBN 0-929170-07-5. $8.00

We Humbly Declare a Debt of Gratitude Owed to the Following. Ralph Dunn. Illustrated by the author. 1998.  12 pp chapbook with hand-laid letterpress cover.  $5.00    order

We Humbly Declare a Debt of Gratitude Owed to the FollowingRalph Dunn
This twelve page chapbook with a letterpressed hand-laid paper cover contains an epic urban poem which moves in a descriptive and humorous way through life on the street. Mr. Dunn, who enjoyed great notoriety as Raleigh’s Taxicab Poet, takes a hard look at himself and the decidedly various people he meets, merging dramatic monologue, rant, and nostalgia into a multi-part hymn to the city. Three illustrations by the author are included.
ISBN 0-929170-13-X $5.00

When I walked into the New York Book Fair at the Loeb Student Center at NYU that fall in the early 1980s, little did I know that my sense of what a book can be was about to get greatly enlarged.  There was so much, but what stands out is Ed Rayher and his Swamp Press, whose little flip books were the “engine that could,” helping fund a magnificent body of publishing that pushed the boundaries for the physical presentation of small press literature.  We will be exploring other Swamp Press titles and much more in this category, but these little flipbooks, and the “pillow book” below, have helped me quickly and efficiently break loose students’ fixed ideas on what form a book can take, and why.  Thank you, Ed Rayher.

Hooker Van Dusen.  John Dancy-Jones.  Illustrated by David Larson. 1985.  40 pp perfect bound chapbook.  $5.00    order

Seeking Shelter Clyde Smith
Poetry chapbook $5.00
Political scatology meets personal angst. Buckle up for a ride with Clyde!
1989. Clear Words.