NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT

Newspaper Blackout features over 150 brand new poems, including a How-To section with instructions for making your own blackout poetry.

224pgs.
On Sale: 4/13/2010
ISBN: 9780061732973

Praise

The poems have been featured on television and radio shows, in print, and all over the internet on great sites like Kottke.org and 20×200. Here’s what a few folks have had to say:

A poet in Texas is blacking out words in order to write. Instead of starting with a blank page, Austin Kleon grabs the New York Times and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn’t need. — NPR’s Morning Edition

Sort of like Michelangelo carving away the marble that imprisoned what he saw within.—Cleveland Plain Dealer

One can imagine taking up blackout poetry on their daily bus commute in place of sudoku or the crossword puzzle.— Toronto’s National Post

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

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