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What Makes a Book So Special?

Season 6 Episode 1 | 2m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

The book seen not only as a container for knowledge, but as a form of artistic expression.

Marnie Powers-Torrey, who heads the Book Arts Program at the University of Utah, talks about the book both as a conceptual mode of communication as well as a physical object one interacts with. Some books may not have a linear order, some may come with an artist statement or instruction, while others may not be bound at one end.

05/21/2018

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VERVE

What Makes a Book So Special?

Season 6 Episode 1 | 2m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

Marnie Powers-Torrey, who heads the Book Arts Program at the University of Utah, talks about the book both as a conceptual mode of communication as well as a physical object one interacts with. Some books may not have a linear order, some may come with an artist statement or instruction, while others may not be bound at one end.

05/21/2018

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