{"product_id":"9780061732973","title":"Newspaper Blackout","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNewspaper Blackout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Austin Kleon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eSteal Like An Artist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Some of the results are hilarious, some are profound and even unsettling, but they are never bland or boring.” — \u003cem\u003eEphermerist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewspaper article + sharpie = Newspaper Blackout Poetry: Instead of starting with a blank page, poet Austin Kleon grabs a newspaper and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn’t need. Fans of \u003cem\u003eNot Quite What I Was Planning\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePost Secret\u003c\/em\u003e will love these unique and compelling poems culled from Austin’s popular website.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eInstead of starting with a blank page, poet Austin Kleon grabs the New York Times and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn’t need.\u003cbr\u003eOne can imagine taking up blackout poetry on their daily bus commute in place of sudoku or the crossword puzzle.\u003cbr\u003eSort of like Michelangelo carving away the marble that imprisoned what he saw within.\u003cbr\u003e“…a kind of Rorschach approach to reading newspapers…”\u003cbr\u003e“[A] sense of play infuses the poems—short pieces that touch on first sex and outer space, in a voice that slips from funny to elegiac…”\u003cbr\u003e“…hidden bits of Zen lite that occasionally bump up against brilliance….Kleon manages to turn the paper of record into visually stark nuggets of poetry and wit. All the Muse That’s Fit to Print, you might say.”\u003cbr\u003e“Highbrow\/brilliant…It’s better than it sounds.”\u003cbr\u003e“Part ‘writing with constrictions,’ part happy accident, part found art, part design challenge...the collection...gives a well rounded and consistent view into a guy most of us would want to buy a beer.”\u003cbr\u003e“[The poems] resurrect the newspaper when everyone else is declaring it dead…like a cross between magnetic refrigerator poetry and enigmatic ransom notes, funny and zen-like, collages of found art…”\u003cbr\u003e“Some of the results are hilarious, some are profound and even unsettling, but they are never bland or boring.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061732973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41049212551374,"sku":"9780061732973","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061732973.jpg?v=1648091160","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061732973","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}