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Kleon, Austin

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Newspaper Blackout / Kleon, Austin ; Phillips T ; Burroughs WS ; Gysin B ; Johnson R ; Glover CH ; Gerner J ; Bervin J ; Rawle G ; Ruefle M ; Holmes J., 2010

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Identifier: CC-55845-9999346
Scope and Contents Amazon.com: Poet and cartoonist Austin Kleon has discovered a new way to read between the lines. Armed with a daily newspaper and a permanent marker, he constructs through deconstruction"ā€¯eliminating the words he doesn't need to create a new art form: Newspaper Blackout poetry. Highly original, Kleon's verse ranges from provocative to lighthearted, and from moving to hysterically funny, and undoubtedly entertaining. The latest creations in a long history of "found art," Newspaper Blackout will challenge you to find new meaning in the familiar and inspiration from the mundane. Newspaper Blackout contains original poems by Austin Kleon, as well as submissions from readers of Kleon's popular online blog and a handy appendix on how to create your own blackout poetry. David T. Isaak review: I don't want to knock Kleon--what he has done here is quite clever and entertaining. And he admits that the technique is not original.But people who are interested in this as an artform need to look...
Dates: 2010