Visual poetry comes of age

Established by Monica Ong, Proxima Vera is a micropress specializing in visual poetry broadsides and literary art objects. Distinct in design and playful innovation, these literary works reside within distinguished institutions and private collections including the following:

Amherst College – Special Collections (MA)

Arizona State University – Special Collections (AZ)

Baylor University – Moody Memorial Library (TX)

Binghamton University (SUNY) – Special Collections (NY)

Bowdoin College – George J. Mitchell Dept. of Special Collections (ME)

Brown University – John Hay Library (RI)

Clark Art Institute Library – Sterling Library (MA)

Colorado College – Tutt Library (CO)

Cornell University – Olin Library (NY)

Emory University – Rose Library (GA)

Franklin & Marshall College – Archives & Special Collections (PA)

George Mason University (VA)

Haverford College – Special Collections (PA)

History of Science Museum – University of Oxford (England)

Indiana University – Special Collections (IN)

James Madison University – Special Collections (VA)

Letterform Archive – Special Collections (CA)

Library of Congress – Rare Books and Special Collections (DC)

Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, & Technology (MO)

McGill University Library – Special Collections (Canada)

Middlebury College – Special Collections (VT)

National Museum of Women in the Arts – Library & Research Center (Washington DC)

Ohio State University – Special Collections (OH)

Poetry Foundation Library (IL)

Princeton University – Special Collections (NJ)

Rhode Island School of Design – Fleet Library (RI)

Smith College – Special Collections (MA)

Stanford University – Bowes Art & Architecture Library (CA)

Stanford University – Special Collections (CA)

School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection (IL)

Temple University – Charles Library, Special Collections Research Center (PA)

Tufts University | School of the Museum of Fine Arts – Clark Library (MA)

University of Arizona Poetry Center (AZ)

University at Buffalo Libraries (SUNY) – The Poetry Collection (NY)

University of California at Berkeley – Bancroft Library (CA)

University of California at Irvine – Science Library Special Collections (CA)

University of California at Santa Cruz – Special Collections (CA)

University of Chicago – Special Collections (IL)

University of Connecticut at Storrs – Special Collections (CT)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Special Collections (IL)

University of Iowa – Special Collections (IA)

University of Miami – Special Collections (FL)

University of Nevada at Reno – Special Collections (NV)

University of South Carolina – Special Collections (SC)

University of Toronto – Special Collections (Canada)

University of Washington Libraries – Special Collections (WA)

University of Wisconsin-Madison – Kohler Art Library (WI)

University of Utah – Marriott Library (UT)

University of Virginia – Albert & Shirley Small Special Collections Library (VA)

Vanderbilt University – Jean and Alexander Hearts Libraries (TN)

Virginia Commonwealth University – James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives (VA)

Walker Art Center Library (MN)

Washington University at St. Louis – Special Collections (MO)

Wellesley College – Margaret Clapp Library (MA)

Wesleyan University – Special Collections & Archives (CT)

Yale University – Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (CT)

Yale University – Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library (CT)