Casa Urraca Press & Zach Hively
Tour Stop Number: 19Category: Book Arts
Website: https://casaurracapress.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/casaurracaltd
Instagram Handle: @casaurracaltd
Email: casaurracaltd@gmail.com
Phone: 505-918-4187
Poetry, book publishing, word art
My poetry seeks out the natural world’s vibrant character and reflects back its many personalities—including the human ones. I believe poetry should be accessible and stimulating, which I hope to achieve in my own work with mischief, quiet irreverence, and simple vulnerability.
As the publisher of Casa Urraca Press, I commit myself to designing aesthetically and tangibly pleasing books of poetry and creative nonfiction that support the work of daring, eloquent Southwestern authors. Limited Studio Tour editions of my poetry books are printed and bound in New Mexico on exquisite heavyweight paper, part of a desire to make and keep this a truly local press.
As an artist, I revel in wordplay, font-play, and creating physical iterations of the written word. This delight manifests in both my own books and the others I publish, as well as in my poetry art and fence signs. Natural materials present words in more tactile ways, so I rely on wood, metal, paper, and glass for my creations.
Websites:
casaurracapress.com
zachhively.com