"First published in 1965 and reprinted many times in the Soviet Union and Russia, Yury Olesha's No Day without a Line is a series of thematically assembled journal entries which together form an unusual and extremely engaging personal memoir." "Ranging from Olesha's prerevolutionary childhood, to notable cultural figures, to Russian and Western literature, the entries are artfully composed units in which an image is developed, a memory precisely delineated, or an apercu elaborated. Occasionally, the units coalesce in a chain of reflections on a common theme, such as Olesha's memories of the 1905 Potyomkin mutiny, his recollections of the poet Mayakovsky, or his discussion of the writings of Tolstoy or Hemingway." --Book Jacket.

"The only thing I have ever truly called my own are the set of unique letterforms fashioned by my hand, mind and heart. They have provided delight, furstration insight and a lasting supply of play toys. A child in a grown up's body, imbuing letters and designs with as much humor as possible. Serving these 26 soldiers is all I have wanted to do since I fell in Love with the Pen and its ability to landscape a page. The 26 letters are truly the flora of my own personal garden. Because I do not use traditional methods, or tools, to achieve certain results; so I have included a "key" in this book as to what I have used to execute the pieces with: [Red-lettering] Tools: PP, Pointed Pen, Speedball A; SB. Speedball B; FP. Fountain Pen; and finally the CE- Chisel Edge, Speedbal Elegant Writer, Mitchell or Sonnecken. One thing you can be sure of is that there was a 3 x 0 rapidograph employed in the final touch-up in the preparation of the these pieces for print. [Back to black lettering] To Rick Cusick and Michael Podesta whose work will alwasy represpets thoughtful and incisive calligraphic design."--

Emphasizing the visual arts, including performance art, this book focuses on artists' writings that challenge our understanding of them as a text or an instance of reflection