I've learned all sorts of interesting things lately about chapbooks and daguerreotypes. First, on chapbooks -- here's some good historical info, at the link under the nifty picture of Ye Olde Chapbooks.
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http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/britlit/cbooks/cbook1.html
I was also fascinated to discover that there are modern daguerreotypists who are doing wonderful work. Go here to explore - http://www.newdags.com/index.html
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Daguerreotype by Chris Bierrenbach
Some folks have expressed interest in seeing the photographs that correspond with each prose poem in the book. . . My plan is to get them all up on this website (or a personal webpage) in the somewhat near future.