Carl Phillips; Aaron Stern — Pacific Peace Piece. (Signed by Aaron Stern)

New York: 205-A, 2018. Autographed. 8vo. [ca 34 pp.]. Soft cover. Very Good+. Beige paper wraps. Color plates throughout. Signed by Aaron Stern on last page. Scarce. The photographer Aaron Stern and poet Carl Phillips spent over half a year corresponding, sending work back and forth until they found a poem and body of photographs that choir together. Throughout his work, Stern has paired text and image. Pacific Peace Piece continues in a similar vein with new photographs and "The Greatest Colors For The Emptiest Parts of The World," a poem by Phillips. It appears in fragments throughout the book. The photographs, taken in Northern California in the summer of 2017, explore a narrative of estrangement, destruction, resilience. The book's title makes use of the Bill Evans song, "Peace Piece.