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A hand numbered limited first edition of The Corona Chronicle a COVID essay anthology, limited to 150 copies and benefiting the Food Bank For New York City.
Lenoir, Andrew, ed. The Corona Chronicle : Essays For New York. Ellipsis Rare Books : New York. 2022. Hand numbered limited first edition.
The first publication from Ellipsis Rare Books, The Corona Chronicle anthology is the result of the Corona Chronicle community history writing essay contest and the subsequent two years of work collecting, judging, and editing essays from members of the New York City community capturing their insights, emotions, and observations of the first year of the Coronavirus or COVID – 19 pandemic. The top 10 entries selected by our judges’ panel are presented in a thematic order aimed to reflect a unique and ephemeral time in the city’s history. The text includes essays from Hannah Berger, Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons, Gulshan Ashaque, Brahna Yassky, Robert Salzman, Tim Eberle, Seema Bajaria, Megan McNeary, Zoe Valery Rodriguez and Alexander Cavaluzzo. Limited to 150 copies, each first edition of The Corona Chronicle anthology is hand numbered by project editor and Ellipsis Rare Books proprietor, Andrew Lenoir, who also offers a short contextual forward. The book was also designed by and features original artwork from Charlotte Anderson.
50% of all proceeds benefit the Food Bank For New York City, provider of 121 million free meals per year to New Yorkers in need.
No copies listed in OCLC as of January 2023.
8vo, 110 + [1]pp, black linen boards with foil stamp cover. Original cover and frontispiece artwork by book designer, Charlotte Anderson. Fine.
Incidentally, if you liked this book you might also enjoy The Works, an early anti-AIDS magazine from San Francisco.
