Kyle Schlesinger

Kyle Schlesinger is a poet, critic, and book artist. His research focuses on typography, visual art, and new media. He is an Assistant Professor and co-Director of the Graduate Publishing Program at the University of Houston-Victoria.

Life

Schlesinger earned his BA from Goddard College (1999) and his Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo (1995). His dissertation is entitled "Letterpress Printing in the Postmodern Era: Poetry, Media, Typography."

Schlesinger learned to print letterpress in 1996, and in 2001, established Cuneiform Press, a non-profit publishing house specializing in artists' books, poetry, and criticism. Cuneiform has published over 40 books to date, including titles by Bill Berkson, Johanna Drucker, Alan Loney, Robert Creeley, and Charles Olson.

He served as the editor of: Kiosk (2000–2005) with Gordon Hadfield and Sasha Steensen; ON: Contemporary Practice (2008-2010) with Thom Donovan and Michael Cross; and Mimeo Mimeo (2008–present) with Jed Birmingham. He has also guest-edited American Book Review and Journal of Artists' Books.

He worked as a curator at the St. Mark's Poetry Project (2008–2009) and with Steve Clay, serves as the co-curator of the Threads Lecture Series. In 2010, he curated Poems & Pictures: A Renaissance in the Art of the Book 1946-1981, an exhibition that traveled from New York City to Houston to Buffalo to Chicago.

Schlesinger is the author of twelve creative publications and two books of criticism. In 2005, he received a full fellowship to attend Rare Book School at UVA, and in 2008, he gave the keynote at the Research Group for Artists Publications in London. In 2011 he was artist in residence at The Center for Book and Paper Art at Columbia College. Professor Schlesinger has published and lectured throughout Europe and North America.

Creative publications

Critical publications

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