On dark days, days when she thought there was really nothing important to be done, she had the impression that for women like herself, the world might just keep shrinking down until it was small enough to fit into a shopping list. And then everything would seem to contract, to the point where she couldn’t breathe any more, as if the walls and the ceiling were closing in on her…
Alan Bern
Retired children’s librarian ALAN BERN is a published/exhibited photographer and the author of three books of poetry. He is cofounder with artist/printer Robert Woods of the press/publisher Lines & Faces. Recent awards include: honorable mention for Littoral Press Poetry Prize (2021); flash fiction finalist for Ekphrastic Sex (2021). Alan photographs, and from his work with Lines & Faces, he combines his photos and words, now a vital part of his daily art practice, photo-haiga. View some recently published photos. It is clear that Alan favors both hybridity and complex collaboration: he performs with dancer/choreographer Lucinda Weaver and with musicians and light artists as PACES: dance & poetry fit to the space and also with musicians from Composing Together. Alan has published three books of poetry.
