ephemeral states | transient texts on temporary topics

As part of my application for promotion to full professor at ODU, to accompany copies of Volume, I made a limited-edition book of additional writings for internal and external reviewers. The writings are a selection of articles, essays, and miscellany that were either written after receiving tenure and not included in Volume, or written after that book was compiled. Usually, faculty in this circumstance simply photocopy or print out their articles. As a graphic design professor, and, more importantly, someone who likes to make design artifacts, I thought it necessary to design and produce a book. Of course, I also like to think it makes the writing more accessible and places it in a more favorable context. The book was printed by the on-demand service Blurb, is 6 x 9, and 162 pages. The title, Untitled, was devised (like Volume) by my title Muse, Ellen Hutta-FitzGerald. Thanks to Jiwon Lee for the photographs.