Advent Calendar Day 4 - November 15

Advent Calendar Day 4 - November 15

Nov 15

Written By Zach Hively

A glimpse into Stormclouds Like Unkept Promises, photographs by Barbara Byers

Plus, today only, get 15% off this title in our bookstore—no code required—

AND receive a free copy of Margaret Randall’s VERTIGO OF RISK as our gift to you when you order STORMCLOUDS.

**A rich pairing of images and words**

**We tend to focus on the words here at Casa Urraca Press. Makes sense—we’re book people.**
**Today, though, it’s the imagery’s turn to shine.**
**Barbara Byers’ richly textured black-and-white photographs add depth to this book of Margaret Randall’s poems and offer the reader a different chance to pause and contemplate.**
***Here is a sampling of Byers’ work as our gift to you today.***

An image by Barbara Byers from Stormclouds Like Unkept Promises.

An image of drawers by Barbara Byers from Stormclouds Like Unkept Promises.

An image of metallic textures by Barbara Byers from Stormclouds Like Unkept Promises.

Take in more of these photographs from STORMCLOUDS LIKE UNKEPT PROMISES, the collaboration between Barbara Byers and Margaret Randall.

Get 15% off this title until midnight Mountain time tonight, Saturdy, November 15.

Also until the end of today, order Stormclouds and receive a free copy of Margaret Randall’s poems in Vertigo of Risk.

Barbara Byers, the photographer of Stormclouds Like Unkept Promises — **About the Artist**

Barbara Byers has tried to study art in formal ways but is mostly self-taught. She worked in sign shops in Denver and Albuquerque to learn that art form. She has lived in Albuquerque for more than forty-five years, painting signs, teaching kids with special needs, and making art. Her heart-home is the desert and slickrock country of the Colorado Plateau.
Barbara has shown her work in galleries, museums, and coffee shops in the United States and Cuba. She is a member of Libros, an Albuquerque bookmakers guild, and participates in group shows of handmade artist books. She and Margaret have collaborated in the past, Barbara often contributing cover art or interior drawings for Margaret’s books. The photographs in this one were made as Barbara explored her neighborhood and home, noticing shapes and details.