Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Ann Mikolowski" in English language version.
The two poetry postcard series produced by The Alternative Press are probably the most successful and innovative of those produced by any press.
The show's concentration of Cass artists is one of its great strengths. Jim Chatelain, Brenda Goodman, Michael C. Luchs, Gordon Newton and Robert Sestok are some of the associated names. But just as you're ready to slot them stylistically — Expressionist painting, industrial assemblage — along comes a group member like John Egner, with cool linear abstraction, or Ann Mikolowski, with a crisp, super-realist drawing of a handgun.
During the 1970s, Ken and Ann's home became a community center both for Detroit poets and for poets visiting to give readings at Wayne State or the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Soon several dozen poets affiliated with many different schools—the Beats, Black Mountain, the New York School, and Cass Corridor poets—began sending packets of postcards back and forth across the country, sometimes in collaboration with visual artists.
In 1969, Ken and Ann dragged a discarded letterpress from the Artists' Workshop into the basement of their home and began The Alternative Press (TAP).
Ann, your little package for the little mysteries [sic] was one of the most exciting envelopes I've ever opened. We're both totally thrilled with the results. Absolute dynamite, and a dream to print. How great to work with an artist who totally knows the problems of letterpress printing.
In 1969, Ann and I moved a big old letterpress from the Artist Workshop into the basement of our home. We'd never printed before in our lives...
