{"product_id":"conceptualisms-the-anthology-of-prose-poetry-visual-found-e-hybrid-writing-as-contemporary-art-paperback","title":"Conceptualisms: The Anthology of Prose, Poetry, Visual, Found, E- \u0026 Hybrid Writing as Contemporary Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteve Tomasula\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJoe Amato\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eDavid Antin\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA wide-ranging anthology of experimental writing--prose, poetry, and hybrid--from its most significant practitioners and innovators\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A variety of names have been used to describe fiction, poetry, and hybrid writing that explore new forms and challenges mainstream traditions. Those phrases include experimental, conceptual, avant-garde, hybrid, surfiction, fusion, radical, slip-stream, avant-pop, postmodern, self-conscious, innovative, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E writing, alternative, and anti- or new literature. \u003ci\u003eConceptualisms: The Anthology of Prose, Poetry, Visual, Found, E- \u0026amp; Hybrid Writing as Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e is the first major anthology of writing that offers readers an overview of this other tradition as it lives in the early decades of the 21st century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring over 100 pieces from more than 90 authors, this anthology offers a plethora of aesthetics and approaches to a wide variety subjects. Editor Steve Tomasula has gathered poems, prose, and hybrid pieces that all challenge our understanding of what literature means. Intended as a collection of the most exciting and bold literary work being made today, Tomasula has put a spotlight on the many possibilities available to writers and readers wishing for a glimpse of literature's future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers will recognize authors who have shaped contemporary writing, as among them Lydia Davis, Charles Bernstein, Jonathan Safran Foer, Shelley Jackson, Nathaniel Mackey, David Foster Wallace, and Claudia Rankine. Even seasoned readers will find authors, and responses to the canon, not yet encountered. \u003ci\u003eConceptualisms\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of ideas for writers, teachers and scholars, as well as readers who wonder how many ways literature can live. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The text features headnotes to chapters on themes such as sound writing, electronic literature, found text, and other forms, offering accessible introductions for readers new to this work. An online companion presents statements about the work and biographies of the authors in addition to audio, video, and electronic writing that can't be presented in print. Visit www.conceptualisms.info to read more. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve Tomasula\u003c\/b\u003e is author of the novels \u003ci\u003eIN\u0026amp;OZ, The Book of Portraiture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTOC: A New-Media Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVAS: An Opera in Flatland\u003c\/i\u003e. His short fiction has appeared in\u003ci\u003e McSweeney's, The Denver Quarterly, Fiction International\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and is collected in \u003ci\u003eOnce Human: Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 540\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766755295520,"sku":"9780817360412","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cdc7b00bae827917b16d7f968b4e5ee5.webp?v=1780298247","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/conceptualisms-the-anthology-of-prose-poetry-visual-found-e-hybrid-writing-as-contemporary-art-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}