Major Tiara Press
Major Tiara Press is
the imprint of Suzanne Gray, a student in the MFA
in the Book Arts program at the University of Alabama. The press specializes
in publishing the works of southern authors, including Gray's own writings
and illustrations.
In Progress: Publication of four stories by storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham, a collection from the stories the author tells on Alabama Public Radio, describing her experiences as a child in Thomasville, Alabama, and the adventures of her relatives.
Today's Special by Suzanne Gray: a 3-D broadside selected for exhibition in the Crane Paper Company Juried Student Handmade Paper Competition. 1999
The
Tongues of Men and Angels, by Marian Motley Carcache: an excerpt from
an unpublished novel. Carcache is the author of the short story, Under
the Arbor, which she used as the subject for the libretto for the opera
of the same name (libretto by Carcache, score by William Greenleaf). 1999
One-of-a-kind artist's books: The Graveyard Shift; A Side of Fries (electrocutions gone wrong); Goodbye; and Memorial Objects, a pop-up cemetery. 1999
The Engine of the Soul by Suzanne Gray (a torso for an exquisite corpse). 1998
1670 seward avenue (apt. 7g bronx nyc) by Safiya Henderson-Holmes: a broadside in honor of the author's reading in the Bankhead Visiting Writers Series. 1997
Two
of Gray's own creations: Having a Wonderful Time (An Album for William),
a vacation fantasy involving people who travel to exotic places to have their
photos taken in front of their cars, 1996; and A Woman's Work, poems
about birthday cakes, wedding cakes and the weather, 1997.
"Earth," an excerpt from In the Garden, by Lynne McMahon: a broadside celebrating the author's reading in the Bankhead Visiting Writers Series at the University of Alabama. 1996
Selected Peach, a broadside, 1995; Waffle House Blues, a chapbook of collected poems, 1995; and About Honeysuckle, a miniature book, 1996: a three-part collaboration with Laquita Thomson, an artist, poet, and historian of Alabama art from settlement to the Civil War.
This site was updated 16 December 1999. To contact Major Tiara Press, email Suzanne Gray at sgray3@slis.ua.edu
Suzanne Gray is a mad cartoonist by night, a glitter princess and a bookaholic. She is represented by the Renaissance Gallery in Northport, Alabama, where recent art series include Black Tie Laundry, Queen City Pool, Bride of 15th Street, Wienercars and Postcards to William.
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