ALL YOU CAN DO
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
This one is from the book.
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NEW SITE DEDICATED TO NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS
Friday, February 5th, 2010
For a long time I’ve wanted to start a site dedicated solely to the making of Newspaper Blackout Poems, a place where people can go read how-to tips, ask me questions, and then try out their own and share the results.
It didn’t seem right to set up such a thing on my main site. I’m thrilled to have folks making blackout poems, but my site is for my work, and I want to keep it that way.
A man’s domain name is his domain, you know?
Enter the new site. It’s hosted on Tumblr, which not only means that it’s incredibly easy for me to make quick posts and for followers to reblog them, but it also has built-in functionality where people can ask questions and best of all, submit their own poems.
I’ll still be keeping all of my original poems right here, and I’ll still be posting new ones every week, so no need to re-subscribe or anything. But if you’re interested, give it a follow on Tumblr, or subscribe to the RSS feed.
I might post old poems from the archives on the new site. I’m not quite sure yet. Still making it up as I go along.
I’d love to hear what y’all think about it. Feel free to leave me a comment or suggest the types of posts you’d like to see over there.
THE BIG QUESTION
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
THE WATCHDOGS
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
THE GOOD WIFE
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
A SPOT IN THE WORLD
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Almost a haiku.
EGYPTIAN SCULPTURES
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Many people have expressed interest in originals, and so far, I’ve been really hesitant to give in: after all, newsprint deteriorates, and permanent marker, believe it or not, is not permanent. A print will far outlast the original. I’m not sure how one would preserve newsprint like this—a couple of museum folks are coming by this week, so maybe I’ll ask them. Who knows? It might even be interesting to watch the original slowly disintegrate on your wall.
I’m keeping the broadsheets intact now, just in case. They look like this:
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CREATIVITY IS SUBTRACTION
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
My working method has more often than not involved the subtraction of weight.—Italo Calvino, Six Memos for the Next Millenium
I’ve been doing “bite-size” blackouts to warm up…
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PRAYER
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
ME AND DAD, BUILDING THE BARN
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
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