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Fitterman documents the sources for his "appropriated poems" at the end of the book. Kenneth Goldsmith provides a brief critique of this book on the back cover. Darren Wershler-Henry edited and designed the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In his acknowledgement Fitterman writes, "This collection houses several of my texts that were written since 2000 and that have appeared in literary journals and chapbooks. Taken together, the sum of these pieces reflects my continued interest in a poetics of plagiarism.So, finally, this house may be your house.. Most of the writing here is part essay, part poetry, part libretto, part conceptual writing, and nearly all borrowed." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Notes on this book by Robert Fitterman - web site: Dirk & I have a very active, over-the-shoulder style of collaboration. As with our earlier project, cedars estate (www.ubu.com), Dirk & I tend to sit in front of the computer together and look at images and text and have conversations about the implications of each choice. In War, the musical I produced a text, first, comprised solely of web language, and Dirk also chose to compose with mostly downloadable, digitized images. The intersections became complex when we discussed the larger frame of our thinking processes. For instance, Dirk became engaged with ideas about commodification and institutional critique that echo my own ideas about how we, as Americans, process war through media. Dirk saw, in the text, an engagement with the media that he, in turn, wanted to maximize in the design of the book. The blank pages, black pages, odd ball fonts, etc., all contribute to his interest in presenting a "product" that draws our...