| Boredom Fighters! Contributor(s): Poletto, Paola (Editor), Kennedy, Jake (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0978335155 ISBN-13: 9780978335151 Publisher: Tightrope Books OUR PRICE: $18.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.608 |
| LCCN: 2008425639 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 7" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of graphic poems brings together eighteen works that fall somewhere between a graphic novel and poetic verse. Participating authors reside across the country and include Derek Beaulieu, Christian Bok, Lisa Foad and Carolyn Gordon, Stacey May Fowles and Marlena Zuber, Tim Gaze, Jake Kennedy, Mark Laliberte, Donato Mancini, Kevin Mcpherson Eckhoff, Gustave Morin, Marc Ngui, Paola Poletto, Daniel Scott Tysdal, Jen Pickering, and Sally McKay. Their poems tackle the broad topic of boredom: Is boredom a symptom of the absence of love? Does it suggest our present task is too easy? Inside, graphic doesnt always trump poetry and thus the ultimate tug of war isin the most captivating sensea real yawnyarn between word and image. We like images and we like words. With epigonic respect to Dada and concrete poetryand with of-the-moment admiration for the graphic novelwed like to think (we do think ) editors Jake Kennedy and Paola Poletto have collected something other. They are also flatlanders, mandalas, leg chewers, leaf-shakers, dogs, televisions, bricks, calligraphy, typefaces, remote controls, emblems, tazers, lightning bolts, hotels, and sinking cities. All of them sticking intrepidly an unwavering index into the hirsute gargoyle ear-well of boredom. Thus, only the most exhilarating and deathless community of boredom fighters around. Contributors: Derek BeaulieuChristian BokLisa FoadCarolyn GordonStacey May FowlesMarlena ZuberTim GazeJake KennedyMark LaliberteDonato ManciniKevin Mcpherson EckhoffMarc NguiPaola PolettoDaniel Scott TysdalJen PickeringSally McKay |
Contributor Bio(s): Poletto, Paola: - CA |