AUSTIN KLEON

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Austin Kleon is a writer, cartoonist, and designer living in Austin, Texas. More...

austinkleon [at] gmail [dot] com

Praise for Newspaper Blackout Poems

Instead 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. — NPR’s Morning Edition

Some of the results are hilarious, some are profound and even unsettling, but they are never bland or boring.—The Ephemerist

Kleon prefers the city or arts sections for optimum poetic artistry....One can imagine taking up blackout poetry on their daily bus commute in place of sudoku or the crossword puzzle.— Toronto’s National Post

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. —Radio Exile

Kindred

Postsecret

John Lennon’s FBI File

The Montage Art of Winston Smith

Tom Phillips’ A Humument

Graham Rawle’s Woman’s World

Jochen Gerner’s TNT En Amerique

Jonathan Lethem, The Ecstasy of Influence