catalogue: life as tableware

by Ivy Alvarez

life as tableware
a chapbook of poems

life as tableware Crow teacups and rainwater haiku Girl Meets Boy Sport Sweet nucleus

"...like Meret Oppenheim's Fur-Lined Teacup... it lends a mystery to the daily, makes something new out of it..."
—Lucy Dougan, author of Memory Shell

"a jeweller's gift with words"
—Natalie d'Arbellof, author of Augustine's True Confession


Published by The Private Press, 2004
2nd printing


Pale grey 160gsm cover
Pale cream 80gsm interior
Seven poems and six haiku
Hand-cut & hand-stapled
12 pages & cover

12 pages, chapbook

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Ivy Alvarez is the author of Disturbance (Wales, UK: Seren Books).
Her latest collection is Diaspora: Volume L (Paloma Press).
Her poetry appears in anthologies, literary journals and new media worldwide and online.
Wikipedia entry here.