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Figuring the Word: Essays on Books, Writing and Visual Poetics
Figuring the Word Essays on Books Writing and Visual Poetics Author:Johanna Drucker Essays/ Criticism/ Poetics. Charles Bernstein, in his introduction, argues that "FIGURING THE WORD is a work of poetics rather than criticism or theory in that these essays are the products of doing as much as thinking, of printing as much as writing, of designing as much as researching, of typography as much as composition, of autobiography as ... more »much as theory." These essays, from one of the foremost writers on artists' books and visual poetry, are diverse and vital, and cover such topics as "The Word Made Flesh," "Language in the Landscape," and "Writing as Artifact." Throughout, there is a sense of language as an object with tangible mass; as something that can be dissected and scrutinized without losing its innate vitality. Figuring the Word: Essays of Books, Writing, and Visual Poetics collects diverse writings by Johanna Drucker previously published in literary or scholarly journals. Topics include: "The Word Made Flesh," "Writing as Artifact," "Visual Poetics," "Artists Books Past and Future," "The Future of Writing," & "Personal Writing." The book also includes an anecdotal checklist of Drucker's artist's books and an informative introduction by poet Charles Bernstein.« less