Title: We read to know, we are not alone
Description: "Books have a way of reaching out, drawing us in and connecting us all at the same time. My main goal with this work was to create a sense of the connections that humans achieve by sharing a love of the printed page. I decided to create a freestanding triptych book without pages to represent what was lost on that day at the same time trying to show the resilience and strength of people"--Statement from the Book Arts at the Centre for Fine Print Research, UK website.

"I love teaching and truly believe that deep down inside everyone is an artist, capable of creating something. There is power and knowledge in the act of creating something with your own hands, made from your own heart and head"--The artists's blogsite (viewed June 29, 2015).
Subjects: Violence, Pictorial works, Booksellers and bookselling, Bombings, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Protest movements, Books and reading in art, Intellectual life, Social conditions, Censorship, Terrorism in art, In art, War and civilization, Vehicle bombs, Visual literature, Specimens, Artists' books, Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition
Places: Iraq, Baghdad, California, Los Angeles
People: Kelly T. M. Kilmer
Time periods: 21st century