{"id":551,"date":"2026-10-22T21:23:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/artistbooks\/?page_id=551"},"modified":"2026-10-26T16:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:16:56","slug":"leavings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/artistbooks\/leavings\/","title":{"rendered":"Leavings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/artistbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/05\/Leavings_3.jpg\" alt=\"Brown envelope, stack of pages with leaf illustrations and a lighter sheet of writing.\" title=\"Leavings_3\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/artistbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/04\/Leavings_2.jpg\" alt=\"Sheets of leaf prints in various shades of brown.\" title=\"Leavings_2\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tLeavings\t<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tby Anne Covell\t<\/h3>\n\t<p><em>Leavings<\/em> is an artist book inspired by the Japanese beetle. 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