About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Fredric Brown, Steven Heller, Nikki Giovanni, Tim Lucas, James W. Faulkner, Cleveland Abbe, Kenneth Koch, Daniel Carter Beard, Karen Marie Moning, Alice Cary, Robert Lowry, William Haines Lytle, Michael Cunningham, Steve Kipner, William Holmes McGuffey, Phoebe Cary, Kay Lahusen, Samuel Fenton Cary, Gail Collins, John Filson, Sidney M. Goldin, Geoffrey Girard, Daniel Drake, Thomas Berger, Karen Ackerman, Elizabeth Drew, Edward Deering Mansfield, Shari Goldhagen, Helen Hooven Santmyer, Mallori McNeal. Excerpt: Steven Heller (born 1950) is an American art director, journalist, critic, author, and editor who specializes on topics related to graphic design. Steven Heller is author and co-author of many works on the history of illustration, typography, and many subjects related to graphic design. He has published more than eighty titles and written articles for magazines including Affiche, Baseline, Creation, Design, Design Issues, Eye, Graphis, How, I.D., Oxymoron, Mother Jones, The New York Times Book Review, Print, Speak, and U&lc. For thirty-three years Heller was a senior art director of U&lc magazine, a publication devoted to typography. As of 2007, he is co-chair with Lita Talarico of the MFA Designer as Author program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He has collaborated on books with graphic designer, Louise Fili, who is his wife, as well as with others including the Design Dialogue series. Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni (born June 7, 1943) is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Her primary focus is on the individual and the power one has to make a difference in oneself and in the lives of others. Giovanni's poetry expresses strong racial pride, respect for family, and her own experiences as a daughter, a civil rights activist, and a mother. She is currently a disti...
