This book is literally Jim Dine’s letter to his troops, a confessional address to the people he has collaborated with, to his friends and family. Consisting of a long fluid poem and 18 color linocut portraits of those closest to Dine, the book explores his emotions and thoughts including childhood memories, reflections on his present artistic practice ( This week I painted, painted, painted the possibility of permanent silence ), as well as more philosophical musings ( Earth gives birth to time and heaven in a jealous parliament ).

This new Steidl book is an adaption with revised design and typography of Dine’s original My Letter to the Troops of 2016, a limited edition of 40 featuring linocuts handprinted on Arches vellum from the blocks at Atelier Michael Woolworth in Paris.