Mrs. Collins' boundless curiosity brings to her unusual and interesting design commissions. FLOOD BOOK, as it is named, is a post-Katrina rant—or repetitive chant—with rhyming verse written in Yat which is a local, New Orleanian dialect. Its a little book, the size of a short novella, with compelling illustrations and simple, classical type. The author is Max Cafard, a lifelong inhabitant of the Island of New Orleans, he is a surre(gion)alist writer and pre-ancientist philosopher. He is the author of "The Surre(gion)alist Manifesto and Other Writings" (Exquisite Corpse, 2004) and many other works. His writings have appeared in Exquisite Corpse, Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed, The Fifth Estate, and other questionable publications.

Sunday, July 19, 12:00 noon at TypeCon 2009 in Atlanta, Mrs. Collins talked about FLOOD BOOK and notions of readable text, New Orleans-style.

FLOOD BOOK was recently published in Typeface: Classic Typography for Contemporary Design by Tamye Riggs.