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Andrew Rippeon, an assistant writing professor at Davidson College, uses a pair of mid-century letterpresses in the lab he runs on campus.
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LEARNING WHERE INK MEETS PAPER Davidson College professor Andrew Rippeon teaches the art and craft of letterpress printing BY ALLISON BRADEN PHOTOGRAPHS BY RUSTY WILLIAMS
THROUGHOUT GRETA GERWIG’S 2019 ADAPTATION of Little Women, protagonist Jo March works on her writing. She moves from inspiration through drafts to revisions to selling. Toward the end of the film, we watch as a book is meticulously constructed: the leather cover cut and adhered, the pages folded and stitched together, and each letter of type set by hand. A book, the movie makes plain, is crafted in more ways than one. Continued on next page
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