The Black Automaton by Douglas Kearney
From ambivalent animals thriving after Katrina to party chants echoing in a burning city, this collection troubles rubble, cobbling a kind of life.
"First, you have to see Douglas Kearney's visual poems, which cheekily diagram cultural memes as if they were parts of speech (as they are)The Black Automaton has its share of sharp, tender lyrics, too... these exploit the political possibilities of puns and the way meanings hinge on inexact resemblance. Kearney's poems tweak and skewer pop culture and literary sources from Paul Laurence Dunbar to T. S. Eliot to traditional ballads and blues... Kearney's work turns poetic and cultural conventions disquietingly inside out." CATHERINE WAGNER"
Douglas Kearney's work as a poet, actor, and librettist has appeared in print, in person, and in digital code in a variety of places. Fear, Some, was his debut book, released in 2006. He received the Whiting Writers Award in 2008. He and his wife live in the Valley and teach at the California Institute of the Arts. Visit www.douglaskearney.com for additional information.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781934200285 |
| ISBN 10 | 193420028X |
| Title | The Black Automaton |
| Author | Douglas Kearney |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fence Magazine Inc, Division of Fence Books |
| Year published | 2009-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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