I’m a lawyer.  The term “scienter” is used in the law to denote
awareness, or knowing of something.  The word can be viewed
as referring to human consciousness itself.  Since a primary focus 
of this press is poetry that includes in its ambit the human mind—
the incorporation of the entire human psyche, and not just the
emotional aspects of it—“scienter” had an appeal.  And I was pretty sure no one
else would have used the name.

It’s a stylized image of the Brooklyn Bridge.  The graceful beauty
of the bridge has long appealed to me.  The history of the
building of the bridge makes it a perfect symbol for the human
imagination, the human intelligence, and the human spirit.. 
In using the bridge, I owe a debt to Hart Crane. 
Crane’s attempt to turn the bridge into a symbol ultimately
was an overextended failure—but it is an intriguing failure
nonetheless.  My use of the bridge is less ambitious.

The work of turning a photographic image of the bridge—
a picture I took on a trip to New York—was done by the artist
Sharon Howerton Leightty.  I am grateful for her excellent work
on that and other visual images used by Scienter Press. 
Since she’s married to me, I manage to prevail upon her regularly. 
(However, she has had no hand in the creation of these web pages—
and it shows.)