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Highlights
- On the eve of Bern Porter's Centennial, his classic text, Found Poems, comes roaring back into print in a handsome new edition featuring two essays contextualizing his remarkable life and work.
- About the Author: BERN PORTER (1911-2004), studied physics at Colby and Brown, worked on the Manhattan Project, but embraced pacifism after the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima.
- 400 Pages
- Poetry, American
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About the Book
Reprint; first published in 1972 (Millerton, N.Y.: Something Else Press).Book Synopsis
On the eve of Bern Porter's Centennial, his classic text, Found Poems, comes roaring back into print in a handsome new edition featuring two essays contextualizing his remarkable life and work. As Dick Higgins said, "Porter's Found Poems have the same seminal position as Duchamp's objets trouvées." This book collects Porter's strongest "Founds," his combinations of mass-media images and text that he used to reflect American culture as in a funny-house mirror: twisted but true.About the Author
BERN PORTER (1911-2004), studied physics at Colby and Brown, worked on the Manhattan Project, but embraced pacifism after the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima. He published Henry Miller and ran a gallery in Northern California before returning to his native Maine, where he ran for governor (unsuccessfully), started a think tank for drop-outs, and created his classic series of "Founds," collected in more than a dozen books. JOEL A. LIPMAN, artist and writer, is a professor at the University of Toledo. MARK MELNICOVE worked with Porter from 1979-1996 on performance and publication projects. He lives in Falmouth, Maine.Dimensions (Overall): 8.8 Inches (H) x 6.5 Inches (W) x 1.2 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 400
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: Nightboat Books
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Bern Porter
Language: English
Street Date: June 14, 2011
TCIN: 1003270335
UPC: 9780982264591
Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-9403
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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