Diane Di Prima | Tonight at Luna's

Diane Di Prima's PFA #120 was one of my first color covers in the series. I had just learned how to manipulate Adobe Acrobat files (.pdf files or, hereinafter, PDFs) and was eager to take advantage of the disk-to-color-copier services of Floppy's the neighborhood printshop. she was coming to town to read at the Sacramento Poetry Center and the plan was to make 100 copies to give out and give to her at the occasion. (I've since published a total of around 300-400 of PFA #120.) When I used a printer, one sheet of color output on nice cardstock cost $1.25 or a little over 12 cents a cover. With the color copier we have at the bookstore, the cost per cover is closer to 3 to 6 cents a cover.

The cover is covered with lines out of Di Prima's first Revolutionary Letters (She will soon be publishing a newer version.) You'll note the one line, in yellow, that stands out, bolder than all the others. That's because it's one of my favorite lines in her Letters, and also a fine, fine activist strategy.