LFFB Intimates and Fools wins Book Award
Exciting news!
Intimates and Fools, the 2014 collaborative Les Femmes Folls Book with poetry by Laura Madeline Wiseman, art by Sally Deskins and design by Adam Wager, won a Nebraska Book Honor Award for illustration and cover design! The award will be given November 14 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Wiseman will be present to accept the award. See the announcement here:
http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/nlcblog/2015/10/06/book-award-winners-to-be-honored-at-november-14-celebration-of-nebraska-books/
Coupling body art and poetry, Intimates and Fools intimates the complicating pairing of the female form and cultural notions of beauty while playfully seeking to bare and bear such burdens of their weight. Body art and illustrations by Sally Deskins.
The book has been reviewed by :
[Pank]
Busting and Droning Magazine
Ivory Owl Reviews
Broad Blogs
Blot Lit Reviews
Coal Hill Review
Underrated Reads
Luna Luna
Connotation Press
More features and readings can be found here.
Get your copy on amazon!
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Les Femmes Folles is a volunteer organization founded in 2011 with the mission to support and promote women in all forms, styles and levels of art from around the world with the online journal, print annuals, exhibitions and events; originally inspired by artist Wanda Ewing and her curated exhibit by the name Les Femmes Folles (Wild Women). LFF was created and is curated by Sally Deskins. LFF Books is a micro-feminist press that publishes 1-2 books per year by the creators of Les Femmes Folles including the award-winning Intimates & Fools (Laura Madeline Wiseman, 2014) and The Hunger of the Cheeky Sisters: Ten Tales (Laura Madeline Wiseman/Lauren Rinaldi, 2015). Other titles include Les Femmes Folles: The Women 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 available on blurb.com, including art, poetry and interview excerpts from women artists. A portion of the proceeds from LFF books and products benefit the University of Nebraska-Omaha’s Wanda Ewing Scholarship Fund. See the latest call for work on the Submissions page!