This is when I decided to associate each letter with an erotic excerpt." It felt like the perfect match for my illustrations. Its rhythm was so beautiful, sexy and modern. "The idea occurred when reading an erotic poem by Sandra Cisneros. Is Malika happy with the result? "I always knew I wanted to do something with the letters but it took me seven years to find the magic formula," she tells Creative Boom. As Vātsyāyana once wrote and is quoted in the book: "So long as lips shall kiss, and eyes shall see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee." Malika's more-than-suggestive illustrations in her bold and minimal style that plays with light and shadow, are a celebration of joy, pleasure and sensuality. Now, seven years on, Malika has decided to gather the body of work into a limited-edition book, co-published with Counter-Print. It comes after an initial project and exhibition by Malika in 2013, inspired by the Penguin books cover commission art directed by Paul Buckley. Each sensuous letter is accompanied by erotic excerpts, carefully curated by the French illustrator, with a strong emphasis on female poets, including contributions from Sandra Cisneros, Yusef Komunyakaa, Stephanie Burt, Vanessa Kisuule, Warsan Shire, Kyle Dargan and Michael Faudet.
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