"At a high-traffic corner of the New York Art Book Fair (NYABF), I found myself blinking at an arrangement of potato-shaped stress balls bearing the logo of Berkeley’s Apogee Press. ... This year’s edition of the go-to
fair for all things riso-printed, folded, and otherwise pushing the boundaries of what a book can be is back in Manhattan’s gallery-dotted Chelsea neighborhood through this Sunday. It’s a delightfully overwhelming spectacle and impossible to absorb in one visit. As I wandered through the four floors of tables, I found myself drawn to newcomers and to the details — the small potatoes — that transformed the fair into an imaginative and openly political space that flies in the face of the commercial book sphere. ..."
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