A Broken Russia Inside Me – Memoir Interior Layout and Design

Much of what I’ve posted in this portfolio relates to my work at Ooligan Press or for classes in the Book Publishing master’s program at Portland State University, and this post is a bit different. Once my own book, Invisible Violets, was acquired by Wandering Aengus Press and I did the interior design for my own book (more about that here), the Wandering Aengus Press publisher, Jill McCabe Johnson, hired me to do the press’s book interiors as well as some book jacket work for both WAP and its imprint, trail to table press.

So, here is a sampling of some pages from my first Wandering Aengus Press book interior, for A Broken Russia Inside Me by my pressman A. Molotkov. A Broken Russia Inside Me launches on October 27th at Annie Bloom’s Books in Portland. In addition to the interior book design, I also get to be the conversation partner to A. Molotkov at the launch event!

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I’m so excited about this book, and when it gets a bit closer to launch date, I’ll come back and include the cover and links to the book for those who want to pre-order!

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Published by Chrys Buckley

Chrys Buckley was born with albinism, which means she has no pigment and she’s legally blind. Chrys has bachelor’s degrees in Arts & Letters, Micro/Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry. She endured approximately ¾ of medical school before breaking free to focus on writing and disability advocacy. She’s currently in the Book Publishing graduate program at Portland State University, pursuing concentrations in Book Editing and Book Design. Chrys is the manager of the Digital and Audio departments at Ooligan Press. Her nonfiction has appeared in The Sun, Shark Reef, and Aerial. She was a finalist (twice) in MTV’s “I’m from Rolling Stone” writing contest. She has won the R.L. Gilette Scholarship and the Sophie Kerr Gift in English Literature. Her debut collection Invisible Violets: A Mixtape in Lyric Essays is forthcoming from Wandering Aengus Press. Chrys lives, works, walks, and writes in Portland.

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