On the back cover and internet, it is stated that K. S. (Kathy) Ernst works in digital and mixed media visual poetry. She often uses three-dimensional letters sculpturally as shown here. Recent publications include Drop Caps and Sequencing (Xexoxial Editions) and Permutoria with Sheila E. Murphy (Luna Bisonte Prods). Ernst lives in New Jersey and travels to perform visual and sound poetry with The Be Blank Consort, which includes John M. Bennett, Scott Helmes, Sheila E. Murphy, and Michael Peters. Some of these works reside in private or institutional collections such as the Ohio State University and Yale University libraries. Some images have previously appeared in other publications. Kathy says: "K. S. Ernst is interested in words and letters as symbols "” their basic symbolic make-up as well as their representational use. This book contains three-dimensional sculptural poems constructed from stand-alone ceramic letters, letters that form words and/or phrases and at the same time explore their inherently beautiful alphabetic shapes. "K. S. Ernst se interesa en las palabras y las letras como símbolos -- su naturaleza simbolica basica tanto como su uso representacional. Incluye este libro poemas esculturales en tres dimensiones construídos de letras libres ceramicas, letras que forman palabras y/o frases y que al mismo tiempo examinan sus formas alfabeticas intrínsicamente bellas." This book depicts Ernst's three-dimensional concrete and visual poetic works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.