![]() ![]() In 1969 the University of Massachusetts Press gave Moser an assignment to illustrate an adult title, Ely: Too Black, Too White. In 1968 Moser co-founded Pennyroyal Press, a publishing company that specializes in producing finely designed and limited edition books Moser founded the firm with Harold McGrath, a master printer, and Jeff Dwyer. When the Academy bought printing and printmaking equipment for his department, Moser taught himself and his students how to set type, run a printing press, and make etchings and wood engravings. A meeting with Baskin, who also lived in western Massachusetts, introduced Moser to the process of publishing handmade books when he toured Baskin's small publisher, Gehenna Press. The Mosers settled in Easthampton, Massachusetts, where Barry became art instructor at the Williston Academy (now Williston-Northampton School). In 1967, disenchanted with what he perceived as its narrow-mindedness, Moser left the South. ![]() ![]() He taught art, mechanical drawing, and typing, and coached weightlifting and eighth-grade football. In 1962, he began teaching at the McCallie School in Chattanooga, in order to earn money for his family. Despite his dyslexia and his struggles with ancient languages, Moser became interested in words and letters. ![]()
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