None of Your Damn Business

A former stenographer herself, Leoff Burge draws upon personal experiences to create a document in shorthand, leaving us with visuals that are both elegant and mysterious. Her book is representative of an important story, often one kept hidden, and the character of the book reflects that. None of Your Damn Business, a story about Yang Huanyi, the last writer of the Chinese women’s secret language “Nushu,” is written in shorthand, the secret language of former stenographers. Its curves and arabesques closely resemble Islamic script, whose celebrated practitioners are exclusively men. This book is dedicated to all who, by necessity or for the sheer mischief, write their own secret language.

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Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Delaware, Virginia Commonwealth University, Yale University -Robert B Haas Family Arts Library, Indiana University, Lafayette College, New York Public Library, University of Miami, Wesleyan University, Smith College, Louisiana State University, DePaul University, George Mason University, University of Michigan, Vamp & Tramp Booksellers, Claremont Colleges, Scripps College Campus, Savannah College of Art & Design, Vassar College, Library of Congress, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College, Ohio University

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Metadata

Title:

None of Your Damn Business

Date of publication:

2009

Place of publication:

Rosendale, NY

Publisher:

Women's Studio Workshop

Subjects:

Chinese History, secret language, short hand, stenographer

ISBN:

1893125734

Dimensions:

23 x 195 cm. folded to 23 x 20 cm.

Number in edition:

55

Paging:

1 folded strip ([19] p.)

Paper:

Fabriano

Printing method:

Screen print

Binding:

Throw out accordion, hard covers

Structure:

Accordion Fold Book

Funding source:

Women's Studio Workshop

Signature:

Signed by the artist

Printer:

Terez Iacovino

Binder:

Valerie Wells

Other notes:

Metal tabs attached to covers hold small padlock with key